Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
STEPHEN COVEYI teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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Begin with the end in mind.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
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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.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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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.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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