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Stephen Covey Quotes - Page 3

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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.

Happiness, Heart, Vacation

When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

Relationship, Change, Family

Principles are the territory. Values are maps.

Principles, Maps, Territory

Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.

Motivational, Skills, Becoming

Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint. If you don't make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default.

Dream, People, Empowering

Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

Motivational, People, Surround Yourself

Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

Relationship, Trust, Boyfriend

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Inspirational, Integrity, Relationships With Others

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.

Trust, Motivation, People

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.220, Mango Media Inc.

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

Time, Challenges, Time Management

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.185, Mango Media Inc.

Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.

Business, Heart, Free Your Mind

If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.

Jobs, Motivation, Passion

Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.

Love, Life, Inspiration

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Leadership, Impact, Best Leader

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

Thinking, Compassion, Issues

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.110, Mango Media Inc.

Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.

Motivational, Circumstances, Ability

Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

Responsibility, People, Choices

Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Inspirational, Priorities In Life, Important

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories.

Memories, Creativity, Successful

Begin with the end in mind.

Inspirational, Success, Determination

Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life”, Franklincovey

I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.

People, Treats, Teach

Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

Thinking, People, Leader

"Our Children and the Crisis in Education" by Stephen R. Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2010.

The way we see things is the source of the way we think or the way we act

Thinking, Way, Source

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.21, Mango Media Inc.

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