Stephen R. Covey: Use
Stephen R. Covey was American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker. Explore interesting quotes on use.
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11
Context: Unless we exercise our power to choose wisely, our actions will be determined by conditions. Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Context: Values are social norms — they're personal, emotional, subjective, and arguable. All of us have values. Even criminals have values. The question you must ask yourself is, Are your values based upon principles? In the last analysis, principles are natural laws — they're impersonal, factual, objective and self-evident. Consequences are governed by principles and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles!
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The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004)
Context: Principles are universal — that is, they transcend culture and geography. They're also timeless, they never change — principles such as fairness, kindness, respect, honesty, integrity, service, contribution. Different cultures may translate these principles into different practices and over time may even totally obscure these principles through the wrongful use of freedom. Nevertheless, they are present. Like the law of gravity, they operate constantly.
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“It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Source: The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems