Stephen R. Covey Quotes

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“Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.”

“Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.”

“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.”

“Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.”

“If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.”

“Treat them all the same by treating them differently.”

“To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.”

“As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem”

“When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.”

“I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.”

“My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.”

“The only person I know, is the person I want to be”

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.”

“Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.”

“We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.”

“The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values.”

“The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions”

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”

“We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts.”

“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand.
We listen to reply.”

“If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results.”

“Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.”

“Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”

“we're responsible for our own lives.”

“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.”

“Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.”

“Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

“To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.”

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”

“We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.”

“Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make”

“Your attitude determines your altitude”

“The power to distinguish between person and performance and to communicate intrinsic worth flows naturally out of our own sense of intrinsic worth.”

“Until you live, learn how to live.”

“Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw..”

“Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.”

“Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.”

“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

“Wisdom is synergy of mind and heart.”

“Our life is result of our choices.”

“Make your life work instead of making life full of work.”

“Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.”

“Self growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.”

“…when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day.”

“Instead of looking at fragments, try to see the whole picture.”

“Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.”

“We don't invent our missions, we detect them.”

“math>\textstyle\frac{3}{4} of world problems and bewilderment would be lost if we understood our opponents.”

“We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.”