“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

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "THE MOMENT OF CHOICE A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence." by Stephen R. Covey?
Stephen R. Covey photo
Stephen R. Covey125
American educator, author, businessman and motivational spe… 1932–2012

Related quotes

“Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.”

Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist

George W. Bush photo

“Our military and our nation are entering another period of consequences – a time of rapid change and momentous choices.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

1990s, A Period of Consequences (September 1999)

Rudolph E. Tanzi photo

“Our choices from diet to outlook to emotional state directly alter our neural and gene activity at every moment.”

Rudolph E. Tanzi (1958) neurologist

Twitter quote - Dr. Rudy Tanzi (@RudyTanzi), https://twitter.com/RudyTanzi/status/601019940255232001

Mark Hopkins (educator) photo

“But for us there are moments, O, how solemn, when destiny trembles in the balance, and the preponderance of either scale is by our own choice.”

Mark Hopkins (educator) (1802–1887) American educationalist and theologian

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 53.

Jennifer Beals photo

“At any given moment in your life, you have the choice between love and fear. And that’s a choice you make. You make the choice of how you react to events.”

Jennifer Beals (1963) American actress and a former teen model

Interview with Windy City Queercast (5 February 2011) http://www.windycityqueercast.com/audio.html?ID=535

“At any given moment the choice to be happy is present — we just have to choose to be happy.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 19

Tina Turner photo

“At every moment, we always have a choice, even if it feels as if we don't. Sometimes that choice may simply be to think a more positive thought.”

Tina Turner (1939) singer, dancer, actress, and author

Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good (2020), p. 126

Suzanne Collins photo

“At the moment, the choice would be simple. I can survive just fine without either of them.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

Stephen R. Covey photo

“Integrity in the Moment of Choice
Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.”

Stephen R. Covey book First Things First

Source: First Things First (1994), p. 167

“That's the most stupid expression in the world. 'I fell in love'—as if you had no choice. There's a moment, there's always a moment; I can do this, I can give in to this or I can resist it. I don't know when your moment was but I bet there was one.”

Patrick Marber Closer

Source: Closer

Related topics