How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
STEPHEN COVEYMake small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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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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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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