Stephen R. Covey Quotes
Author (1932 - 2012)

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Communication is the most important skill in life. we spend most of our waking hours communicating. but consider this: you've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. but what about listening?

- Stephen R. Covey

Communication is the most important skill in life. we spend most of our waking hours communicating. but consider this: you've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. but what about listening?

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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.

- Stephen R. Covey

Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values firmly in mind then when challenges come, make decisions based on those values.

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As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.

- Stephen R. Covey

As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.

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Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. these give us the ultimate human freedom... the power to choose, to respond, to change.

- Stephen R. Covey

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. these give us the ultimate human freedom... the power to choose, to respond, to change.

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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.

- Stephen R. Covey

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.

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Difference is the beginning of synergy.

- Stephen R. Covey

Difference is the beginning of synergy.

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Be a light, not a judge. be a model, not a critic

- Stephen R. Covey

Be a light, not a judge. be a model, not a critic

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The only thing that endures over time is the 'law of the farm.' you must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.

- Stephen R. Covey

The only thing that endures over time is the 'law of the farm.' you must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.

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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.

- Stephen R. Covey

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.

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

- Stephen R. Covey

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

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

- Stephen R. Covey

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

- Stephen R. Covey

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

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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 R. 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.

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The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

- Stephen R. Covey

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

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Highly effective people tend to be proactive. they decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.

- Stephen R. Covey

Highly effective people tend to be proactive. they decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.

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Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. on deeper thought, i believe this is not the case. the basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds.

- Stephen R. Covey

Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. on deeper thought, i believe this is not the case. the basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds.

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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.

- Stephen R. Covey

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.

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Effective people stay out of quadrants iii and iv because, urgent or not, they aren't important. they also shrink quadrant i down to size by spending more time in quadrant ii...quadrant ii is the heart of effective personal management.

- Stephen R. Covey

Effective people stay out of quadrants iii and iv because, urgent or not, they aren't important. they also shrink quadrant i down to size by spending more time in quadrant ii...quadrant ii is the heart of effective personal management.

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Habit 1: be proactive habit 2: begin with the end in mind habit 3: put first things first habit 4: think win/win habit 5: seek first to understand, then to be understood habit 6: synergize habit 7: sharpen the saw

- Stephen R. Covey

Habit 1: be proactive habit 2: begin with the end in mind habit 3: put first things first habit 4: think win/win habit 5: seek first to understand, then to be understood habit 6: synergize habit 7: sharpen the saw

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To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

- Stephen R. Covey

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

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