Quotes of Stephen Covey - somelinesforyou

“ Start with the end in mind. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Live your life by a compass, not a clock. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

“ The way we see the problem is the problem. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

“ Live out of your imagination, not your history. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Leadership is a choice, not a position. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

“ Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

“ Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character… ”

- Stephen Covey

“ The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle. ”

- Stephen Covey

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

- Stephen Covey

“ 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

“ Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again… ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?…True effectiveness requires balance. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Our greatest joy - and our greatest pain - comes in our relationships with others. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Public behavior is merely private character writ large. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ We tend to judge others by their behaviors and ourselves by our intentions. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ Public behavior is merely private character writ large. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar… ”

- Stephen Covey
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