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Stephen Covey Quotes - Page 10

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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

Anniversary, Spiritual, Suicidal

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Moral, Management, Authority

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If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.

Rocks, Firsts, Fit

Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.

Fire, Earthquakes, One Day

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.148, Mango Media Inc.

Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

Life, Change, Way

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

The only way we can handle change around us is to know what is changeless about ourselves

Way, Handle, Knows

We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.

Reflection, Purpose, Way

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.226, Mango Media Inc.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

Life, Change, Attitude

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

Perspective, Perception, World

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.25, Mango Media Inc.

Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together.

Creativity, Creating, Together

Stephen R. Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families”, p.251, St. Martin's Press

Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Problem, 7 Habits, Solutions

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.109, Mango Media Inc.

You can't have the fruits without the roots.

Roots, Tree, Fruit

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.228, Mango Media Inc.

The key to motivation is motive.

Motivation, Keys, Motive

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

Brands need to reinvent themselves from time to time to stay relevant.

Needs, Relevant, Brands

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Your systems are perfectly designed to get the results that you are getting.

Results

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

Opportunity, Would Be, Unexpected

Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.570, Mango Media Inc.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

Success, Opportunity, People

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.187, Mango Media Inc.

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

Leadership, Wisdom, Motivation

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.

I Believe, Eating, 7 Habits

Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, p.388, Mango Media Inc.

...to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

Inspirational, Students, 7 Habits

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be.

Learning, Significant, Involved

As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.

Thinking, Time Management, Importance

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (2015). “First Things First”, p.128, Mango Media Inc.

If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.

Motivational, Flower, Water

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

The worldly fountain does not breed spiritual depth.

Spiritual, Depth, Doe

Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!

Ideas, People, Empowering

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