Stephen Covey Quotes about Feelings

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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

Stephen Covey

Essence, People, Feelings

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.98, Mango Media Inc.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?

Stephen Covey

Inspirational, Marriage, Feelings

We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts.

Stephen Covey

Feelings, Mood, Our Thoughts

Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"

Stephen Covey

Self, Feelings, Action

When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.

Stephen Covey

Teaching, Feelings, Levels

'In empathic listening you listen with your ears, but you also, and more importantly, listen with you eyes and with your heart. You listen for feeling, for meaning. You listen for behaviour. You use your right brain as well as your left. You sense, you intuit, you feel.' ... 'You have to open yourself up to be influenced'.

Stephen Covey

Heart, Eye, Feelings

Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.

Stephen Covey

Love, Feelings, Fruit

Stephen R. Covey (2008). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values.

Stephen Covey

Decision, Feelings, Personal Development

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.82, Mango Media Inc.