“The only way we can handle change around us is to know what is changeless about ourselves”
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Famous Stephen Covey Quotes
“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.”
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.”
“Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.”
Source: The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems
“The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.”
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“The key to motivation is motive.”
Source: First Things First
“It's not only a matter of when to do things, but whether or not to do them at all.”
Source: First Things First
“What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?”
Source: First Things First
“A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make.”
Source: First Things First
Source: First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There
Source: First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There
“Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.”
Source: First Things First
“Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.”
Source: First Things First
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.”
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.”
Source: First Things First
“Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.”
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“Success in one role can't justify failure in another.”
Source: First Things First
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“We can never really change someone; people must change themselves.”
Source: First Things First
“If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.”
Source: First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
Source: First Things First
“The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.”
Source: First Things First
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
“To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.”
Source: First Things First
“The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game.”
Source: First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There
“The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.”
Source: First Things First
Source: First Things First
“We can act instead of being acted upon.”
Source: First Things First
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
“Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart.”
Source: First Things First
“You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.”
“True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
Source: The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time