Quote by Stephen R. Covey Download Open image ““Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.”” — Stephen R. Covey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected and internalized… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“If you want to be an action person be proactive rather than reactive...” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“Your core values affect your day to day behavior and effectiveness as a leader.” — Mark G. Miller Copy Share Image
“Values are the individual biases that allow you to decide which actions are true for you alone.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
“Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Living by your values isn't about grand, dramatic gestures. It's the everyday art of making small, consistent choices that reflect what you care about.” — Ronen Dancziger Copy Share Image
“For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self, like a mother bringing a newborn into the world. If you… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. They’re fundamental.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“So I recommend reading literature, such as the inspiring biography of Anwar Sadat, In Search of Identity, and seeing movies like Chariots of Fire… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach. When relationships are strained and the air charged with… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“FRIEND/ENEMY CENTEREDNESS. Young people are particularly, though certainly not exclusively, susceptible to becoming friend-centered. Acceptance and belonging to a peer group can become almost… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“As a principle-centered person, you see things differently. And because you see things differently, you think differently, you act differently. Because you have a… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“We are free to choose our actions, based on our knowledge of correct principles, but we are not free to choose the consequences of… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.” — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
“Breaking deeply imbedded habitual tendencies such as procrastination, impatience, criticalness, or selfishness that violate basic principles of human effectiveness involves more than a little… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
