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 COVEYAlmost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
-
-
The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
STEPHEN COVEY -
While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
STEPHEN COVEY -
You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
STEPHEN COVEY -
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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 -
Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
STEPHEN COVEY -
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 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 -
Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
STEPHEN COVEY -
Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Beginners are many; finishers are few.
STEPHEN COVEY -
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
STEPHEN COVEY -
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
STEPHEN COVEY -
You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
STEPHEN COVEY -
Make 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.
STEPHEN COVEY -
There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
STEPHEN COVEY -
One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
STEPHEN COVEY -
When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Begin with the end in mind.
STEPHEN COVEY -
The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
STEPHEN COVEY -
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.
STEPHEN COVEY -
We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
STEPHEN COVEY