Stephen Covey Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
-- Stephen CoveySource : Stephen R. Covey (2016). “An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life”, p.88, FranklinCovey Co.
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“The universal elements are integrity, vision, discipline, passion, governed by conscience. Conscience has been educated through studying and pondering the universal, timeless principles of all six major world religions.”
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“To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.”
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“Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.”
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“You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”
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“Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.”
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“Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than your moods or your circumstances, which includes your medical condition and other people's stereotypic observations. Once you overcome this comparison based mentality, your confidence will soar.”
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“Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.”
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“Develop all four intelligences. PQ (physical intelligence) which represents 70 trillion cells that fight disease and digest your breakfast. IQ (intellectual intelligence) EQ (emotional intelligence) the sensing and wisdom of the heart - - and SQ (spiritual intelligence) having to do with meaning, purpose and integrity around your selected value system and your believed source. When combined, they change the world for good.”
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“Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.”
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“Listen, involve, synergize at work. Then you will bury the old and create an entirely new winning culture which will unleash people's talents and create complementary teams where strengths are made productive and weakness are made irrelevant through the strengths of others.”
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“There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.”
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“Most learning is social, or what I call the cultural DNA. Everyone knows that word of mouth advertising is the best advertising. That's social learning.”
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“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
-- Stephen CoveySource : Stephen R. Covey (1999). “Choice: Choosing the Proactive Life You Want to Live”, Franklincovey
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“True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.”
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“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
-- Stephen CoveySource : Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.198, Mango Media Inc.
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“I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.”
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“Most of us think we don't have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don't have time not to. We're talking about three to six hours a week - or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amount of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 - 165 hours of the week.”
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“People are social beings and want interaction and social learning is the primary form of learning, just as word of mouth advertising is the highest form of advertising.”
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“Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.”
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“Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.”
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“The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.”
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“Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.”
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“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
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“The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.”
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“Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!”
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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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“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”
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“Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.”
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