To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
STEPHEN COVEYOur ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
-
-
Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
STEPHEN COVEY -
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
STEPHEN COVEY -
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
STEPHEN COVEY -
You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
STEPHEN COVEY -
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
STEPHEN COVEY -
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
STEPHEN COVEY -
The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
STEPHEN COVEY -
It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Begin with the end in mind.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
STEPHEN COVEY -
You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
STEPHEN COVEY