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Stephen Covey Quotes - Page 8

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Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall.

Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall.

Wall, People, Ladders

Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.

Powerful, Self, Influence

Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

Life, Change, Goal

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

Happiness, Happy, Sacrifice

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.55, Mango Media Inc.

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

Motivational, Change, Choices

People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

Inspirational, Motivational, Humorous

Patience is emotional diligence.

Emotional, Diligence

Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Integrity, Reality, Keeping Promises

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.241, Mango Media Inc.

If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.

Communication, Healing, Keys

Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

Life, Meaningful, Long

Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

Fashion, Time, Philosophy

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic

Leadership, Character, Light

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 buy a person's hands but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.

Loyalty, Business, Heart

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.69, Mango Media Inc.

The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.

Philosophy, Character, Focus

Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.

Important, Ends, Teach

Stephen R. Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families”, p.116, St. Martin's Press

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.

Effectiveness, People, Efficiency

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?

Stephen R. Covey (2009). “Everyday Greatness: Inspiration for a Meaningful Life”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics.

Communication, Trustworthiness, Cement

Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

Life, Change, Responsibility

Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

Sacrifice, Love Is, Appreciate

"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change". Book by Stephen Covey, 1989.

We don't invent our missions, we detect them.

Missions

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.

Voice, Choices, Inspire

Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Mean, Firsts, Principles

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.

Simplicity, Principles, Sides

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?

Stress, Looks, Way

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