Stephen Covey quotes - page 4

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. (Stephen Covey)
Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance. View quote
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Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values. View quote
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Treat them all the same by treating them differently. View quote
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To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness. View quote
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When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection. View quote
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My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings. View quote
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The only person I know, is the person I want to be. 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. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. View quote
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We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world. View quote
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The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values. (Stephen Covey)
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions. View quote
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We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts. View quote
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If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results. View quote
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Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us. View quote
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. View quote
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People are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren't getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope... with all of their might. View quote
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Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel. View quote
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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. View quote
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To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent. View quote
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But borrowing strength builds weakness. (Stephen Covey)
Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw.. View quote
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Our life is result of our choices. View quote
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Make your life work instead of making life full of work. View quote
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Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made - meaning environmentally trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases. View quote
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