Stephen Covey quotes

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

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

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

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.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

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.

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.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

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

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

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.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

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

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.