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Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. October 1932 – 16. July 2012
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Stephen R. Covey Quotes

“THE MOMENT OF CHOICE
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”

Stephen R. Covey book First Things First

Source: First Things First (1994), p. 169

Truth

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Peter Drucker, and Warren Bennis, as quoted by Covey, in The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), this has sometimes become misattributed to him.
Misattributed

Leadership

“Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made — meaning environmentally trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases.”

Stephen R. Covey book The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Source: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004), p. 62

People , Freedom , Training

“There will be real happiness, peace of mind and balance, when living by heart and right-mindedly.”

Stephen R. Covey book First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

Peace , Heart , Happiness

“Change happens at the speed of trust. (cf. The SPEED of Trust, 2008)”

Stephen R. Covey book First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

Change , Speed

“No gardener, no garden!”

Stephen R. Covey book First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Dreams don't work, while you don't work. ”

Stephen R. Covey
Dreams

“We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.”

Stephen R. Covey
Past , Animals

“Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.”

Stephen R. Covey

Source: Stephen Covey Official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=374674680694534&set=a.310931753735494

People , Problem