quotes by Stephen R. Covey

"Start with the end in mind. "
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood."
— Stephen R. Covey

"We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions."
— Stephen R. Covey

"How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most."
— Stephen R. Covey

"The way we see the problem is the problem."
— Stephen R. Covey

"There are three constants in life... Change, Choice and Principles."
— Stephen R. Covey

"Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy."
— Stephen R. Covey

"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities"
— Stephen R. Covey

"To know and not to do is really not to know."
— Stephen R. Covey

"Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important."
— Stephen R. Covey

"Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us."
— Stephen R. Covey

""I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.""
— Stephen R. Covey

"...to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!"
— Stephen R. Covey

"[W]isdom is the child of integrity—being integrated around principles. And integrity is the child of humility and courage. In fact, you could say that humility is the mother of all virtues because humility acknowledges that there are natural laws or principles that govern the universe. They are in charge. Pride teaches us that we are in charge. Humility teaches us to understand and live by principles, because they ultimately govern the consequences of our actions. If humility is the mother, courage is the father of wisdom. Because to truly live by these principles when they are contrary to social mores, norms and values takes enormous courage."
— Stephen R. Covey

"Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance."
— Stephen R. Covey

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
— Stephen R. Covey

"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment."
— Stephen R. Covey

"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”"
— Stephen R. Covey

"Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell."
— Stephen R. Covey

"People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness)

"..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with all of their might."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness)

""As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem""
— Stephen R. Covey

"Begin with the end in mind."
— Stephen R. Covey

"People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"لكي تكون سباقاً يجب أن تعمل على تغيير الظروف بما يخدم أهدافك ، لا أن تغير أهدافك وفقاً لما تمليه الظروف
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— Stephen R. Covey (العادات السبع للناس الاكثر فعالية)

"إذا أردت أن تتفاعل حقاً مع من تعاملهم ، يجب أن تفهمهم قبل أن تطلب منهم أن يفهموك"
— Stephen R. Covey (العادات السبع للناس الاكثر فعالية)

"They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic"
— Stephen R. Covey

"If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster."
— Stephen R. Covey

"They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options."
— Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

"You can never talk yourself out of problems you behaved yourself into."
— Stephen R. Covey