Stephen R. Covey: Choice

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”

“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”

“There are three constants in life… Change, Choice and Principles.”

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

“Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make”

“Our life is result of our choices.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Our choices make the legacy to our children.”

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