The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families Quotes

“If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day--in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life. Your thoughts will be higher. Your interactions will be more satisfying. You will have a greater perspective. You will increase that space between what happens to you and your response to it. You will be more connected to what really matters most.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“By accepting people you’re not condoning their weakness or agreeing with their opinion; you’re simply affirming their intrinsic worth.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“In fact, “grow or die” is the moral imperative of all existence.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Because the struggle continues, I retire frequently to the solitude of my own inner self to recommit to win my battles privately, to get my motives straight.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“We all go through stages. Concern about appearances, making good impressions, being popular, comparing yourself to others, having unbridled ambition, wanting to make money, striving to be recognized and notices, and trying to establish yourself - all fade as your responsibilities and character grow.
Life's tests refine you”
― Sandra Merrill Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“The reality is that most families are overmanaged and underled.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“It’s not enough to say your family is important. If “family” is really going to be top priority, you have to “hunker down, suck it up, and make it happen!”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“humans have between what happens to us and our response to it.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“These four gifts—self-awareness, conscience, creative imagination, and independent will—reside in the space we”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Keep in mind that when you’re working with your family, “slow” is “fast” and “fast” is”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“The message sent to one is truly sent to all because everyone is a “one,” and they know that if you treat one that way, all it takes is a change of circumstances and you’ll treat them that way, too.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“When we act reactively in anger with family members, we risk destroying the trust that exists within our most important relationships. We rupture—not nurture—our family culture.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Fully Revised and Updated): Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“successful families don’t just happen. They take every bit of energy, talent, vision, determination, and rescue efforts a person can muster. They take prioritizing, planning, and sacrificing. They require family members to be willing to say, “I’m sorry,” and to do whatever is needed to make adjustments. Yes, in times of storm or calm, families need someone who is prepared to step up, not give up. Someone who is ready to lead.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Fully Revised and Updated): Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Family is not just one more relationship. It is not merely another group or association. Family is very unique in its contribution to society. In fact, the more I go through life and mature in my view of the world, the more the role of the family stands out to me as having the most vital influence within any society. The world desperately needs healthy families.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Fully Revised and Updated): Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Conflict: 1 + 1 = 1/2 or less Compromise: 1 + 1 = 1 1/2 Teamwork: 1 + 1 = 2 Synergy: 1 + 1 = 3 or more Conflict happens when two people assigned to a project argue, compete, and battle against each other to the point that the final outcome is worse than what either of the persons would have accomplished alone. Compromise happens when two people can’t agree on things so they end up with both sides “giving in” a little. Teamwork happens when two people combine their maximum efforts to get a fully united result. Synergy happens when two people combine their strengths in a way that creates innovative ideas or solutions that are even better than the combined sum of what they would have done individually. This is why some people define synergy as the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (Fully Revised and Updated): Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“As Alfred North Whitehead once said, “The habit of the active utilization of well-understood principles is the final possession of wisdom.”13”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“the four main ingredients of a successful family time: planning, teaching, problem-solving, and having fun. Notice how this one structure can meet all four needs—physical, social, mental, and spiritual—and how it can become a major organizing element in the family. But family time doesn’t have to be that involved—especially at first. If you want, you can just begin to do some of these things at a special family dinner. Use your imagination. Make it fun.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“You can achieve what do you want if you believe it”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“if you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, it’s almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day—in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“remember to keep working from the inside out and keep getting back on track when we blow it.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“As the metaphor of the airplane reminds us, the destination is within reach. And the journey can be rich, enriching, and joyful. In fact, the journey is really part of the destination, because in the family, as in life, how you travel is as important as where you arrive.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“Family itself is a “we” experience, a “we” mentality. And admittedly, the movement from “me” to “we”—from independence to interdependence—is perhaps one of the most challenging and difficult aspects of family life.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World

“So if you’re living your life around a temporary role and allowing your treasure chest to remain barren in terms of your only real permanent role, then you’re letting yourself be seduced by the culture and robbed of the true richness of your life—the deep and lasting satisfaction that only comes through family relationships.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families: Creating a Nurturing Family in a Turbulent World