Stephen Covey Quotes And Sayings

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“When other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them. But, as the demonstration shows, sincere, clearheaded people see things differently, each looking through the unique lens of experience.”
– Stephen Covey

“The only person I know, is the person I want to be”
– Stephen Covey

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
– Stephen Covey

“We are not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts.”
– Stephen Covey

“…people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.”
– Stephen Covey

“We can’t live without eating, but we don’t live to eat.”
– Stephen Covey

“Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.”
– Stephen Covey

“To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.”
– Stephen Covey

“The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions”
– Stephen Covey

“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.”
– Stephen Covey

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”
– Stephen Covey

“We’re responsible for our own lives.”
– Stephen Covey

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
– Stephen Covey

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are — or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.”
– Stephen Covey

“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people’s definition of you.”
– Stephen Covey

“All the well-meaning advice in the world won’t amount to a hill of beans if we’re not even addressing the real problem.”
– Stephen Covey

“Being is seeing in the human dimension.”
– Stephen Covey

“Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”
– Stephen Covey

“If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day–in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life. Your thoughts will be higher. Your interactions will be more satisfying. You will have a greater perspective. You will increase that space between what happens to you and your response to it. You will be more connected to what really matters most.”
– Stephen Covey

“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are — or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.”
– Stephen Covey

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
– Stephen Covey

“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people’s definition of you.”
– Stephen Covey

“All the well-meaning advice in the world won’t amount to a hill of beans if we’re not even addressing the real problem.”
– Stephen Covey

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