Stephen Covey Quotes And Sayings

It Takes A Great Deal Of Character Strength To Apologize Quickly Out Of One's Heart Rather Than Out Of Pity. A Person Must Possess Himself And Have A Deep Sense Of Security In Fundamental Principles And Values In Order To Genuinely Apologize.

The Roots Of The Problems We Face In The World, In Our National Life, And In Our Family And Personal Lives Are Spiritual.

Principles Are Guidelines For Human Conduct That Are Proven To Have Enduring, Permanent Value.

Live Out Of Your Imagination, Not Your History.

Outsourcing Is Inevitable, And I Don't Think It's Necessarily Treating People Like Things.

When You Really Listen To Another Person From Their Point Of View, And Reflect Back To Them That Understanding, It's Like Giving Them Emotional Oxygen.

Employers And Business Leaders Need People Who Can Think For Themselves - Who Can Take Initiative And Be The Solution To Problems.

Both Times I Was In India, I Could Not Get People To Listen To Each Other. I Had To Literally Tell People To Listen To Each Other And Tell Them That They Can't Get Creative And Find Alternate Solutions If They Don't Listen To Each Other. There's A Lot Of Arguing And Justifying.

If We Keep Doing What We're Doing, We're Going To Keep Getting What We're Getting.

Every Time You Think The Problem Is 'Out There,' That Very Thought Is The Problem.

You're Not A Product Of Your Nature. That Is Your Genetic Makeup Or Your Nurture, The Things That Have Happened To You. Of Course Those Things Affect You Powerfully, But They Do Not Determine You.

I Believe In Coach Louis Wong. He Is So Much More Than Just A Football Coach.

A Cardinal Principle Of Total Quality Escapes Too Many Managers: You Cannot Continuously Improve Interdependent Systems And Processes Until You Progressively Perfect Interdependent, Interpersonal Relationships.

The Deepest Desire Of The Human Spirit Is To Be Acknowledged.

The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing.

The Challenge Of Work-life Balance Is Without Question One Of The Most Significant Struggles Faced By Modern Man.

Despite All Our Gains In Technology, Product Innovation And World Markets, Most People Are Not Thriving In The Organizations They Work For.

Accountability Breeds Response-ability.

Everyone Must Be Proactive And Do All They Can To Help Themselves To Stay Employed.

Family Home Evening Is More For The Purpose Of Teaching Values And Gospel Principles, Displaying Talents And Enjoying Different Kinds Of Family Fun And Activities.

Trust Is Central To An Economy That Works.

We See The World Not As It Is, But As We Are.

We Become What We Repeatedly Do.

Find Your Voice And Inspire Others To Find Theirs.

Every Time I See High-trust Cultures, I See A Lessening Of Adversarialism.

The Spirit Of America Has Nurtured Responsibility And Community Unlike Any Other Country.

Most Negotiators Are Trying To Get Their Way.

If You Have A Family Mission Statement That Clarifies What Your Purpose Is, Then You Use That As The Criterion By Which You Make The Decisions.

Want Balance In Your Life? Then Sure, Get Your Own Act Together, But Don't Forget Four Powerful Disciplines Of Execution In Your Team And Organization.

In The Last Analysis, What We Are Communicates Far More Eloquently Than Anything We Say Or Do.

Just As We Develop Our Physical Muscles Through Overcoming Opposition - Such As Lifting Weights - We Develop Our Character Muscles By Overcoming Challenges And Adversity.

But With The Steady Disintegration Of The Family In Modern Society Over The Last Century, The Role Of The School In Bridging The Gap Has Become Vital!

Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood.

If You Carefully Consider What You Want To Be Said Of You In The Funeral Experience, You Will Find Your Definition Of Success.

I Affirm To You The Tremendous Potential You Have, Not Beyond Anything You Could Ever Imagine.

Reactive People... Are Often Affected By Their Physical Environment. They Find External Sources To Blame For Their Behavior.

When We Value Correct Principles, We Have Truth - A Knowledge Of Things As They Are.

One Of The Things That I Have Admired About India Is The Spiritualism Of The People.

The Average Family Spends 30 Hours In Front Of A Television, And They Say They Don't Have The Time To Have A Balanced, Integrated Life.

For Me, The Essence Of The Great American Dream Is Spiritual. I Believe That Our Constitution Is Inspired And That It Is Based On Principles That Are Timeless And Universal. This Is The Reason Why 95% Of All Written Constitutions Throughout The World Are Modeled After Our Constitution.

The Solutions To Our Problems Are And Always Will Be Based Upon Universal, Timeless, Self-evident Principles Common To Every Enduring, Prospering Society Throughout History.

Light Is The Greatest Disinfectant In Nature And Also In Organizations.

The World Has Entered An Era Of The Most Profound And Challenging Change In Human History.

We Need To Have Business Leaders Who Live By Deep, Strong Principles.

Listen With The Intent To Understand, Not The Intent To Reply.

Public Behavior Is Merely Private Character Writ Large.

We Are Not Animals. We Are Not A Product Of What Has Happened To Us In Our Past. We Have The Power Of Choice.

Historically, The Family Has Played The Primary Role In Educating Children For Life, With The School Providing Supplemental Scaffolding To The Family.

Listen With Your Eyes For Feelings.

In This Knowledge-worker Age, It's Now Increasingly Tied To Doing Well In School So You Can Get Into Better Grad Schools So You Can Get Better Jobs - So The Pressure To Do Well Is Really High.