Stephen Covey Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

Here is a collation of Stephen Covey quotes and sayings. Learn what Stephen Richards Covey, author of the famous book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People“, has to say about self improvement and success.

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,” that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise.”
– Stephen Covey

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
– Stephen Covey

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
– 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

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
– Stephen Covey

“Start with the end in mind.”
– Stephen Covey

“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”
– Stephen Covey

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
– Stephen Covey

“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”
– Stephen Covey

“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
– Stephen Covey

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”
– Stephen Covey

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”
– Stephen Covey

“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
– Stephen Covey

“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.”
– Stephen Covey

“The way we see the problem is the problem.”
– Stephen Covey

“Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It’s not logical; it’s psychological.”
– Stephen Covey

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
– Stephen Covey

“…to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
– Stephen Covey

“It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
– Stephen Covey

“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.”
– Stephen Covey

“Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.”
– Stephen Covey

“Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic”
– Stephen Covey

“It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.”
– Stephen Covey

“There are three constants in life… Change, Choice and Principles.”
– 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

“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”
– Stephen Covey

“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”
– Stephen Covey

“You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!”
– Stephen Covey

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
– Stephen Covey

“Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).”
– Stephen Covey

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
– Stephen Covey

“I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.”
– Stephen Covey

“At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn’t believe in yourself.”
– Stephen Covey

“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.”
– Stephen Covey

“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.”
– Stephen Covey

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