Stephen Covey quotes - page 3

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. (Stephen Covey)
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. View quote
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. View quote
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When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. View quote
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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it. View quote
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Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. View quote
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. View quote
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To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. View quote
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If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself. View quote
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. View quote
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Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy. (Stephen Covey)
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. View quote
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Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice. View quote
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Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do). View quote
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Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. View quote
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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. View quote
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. View quote
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Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. View quote
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow. View quote
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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. View quote
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Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. (Stephen Covey)
People simply feel better about themselves when they're good at something. View quote
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves. View quote
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It comes from within. View quote
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How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one. View quote
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