Stephen Covey Quotes About Choices

Quotes about: Choices

• I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life”, p.88, FranklinCovey Co.

• Leadership is a choice, not a position

  Stephen Covey

  Choices, Position

  "Voices on Leadership: Stephen R. Covey". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. July 17, 2008.

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

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Bad Ass

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

• Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

  Stephen Covey

  Positive, Positivity, Thinking

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.106, Mango Media Inc.

• 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.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Integrity, Yesterday

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.83, Mango Media Inc.

• My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Change, Choices

• A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Wisdom, Motivation

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

• A moment of choice is a moment of truth.

  Stephen Covey

  Choices, Moments, Moment Of Truth

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

• Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

  Stephen Covey

  Responsibility, People, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

• 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

  Change, Responsibility, Animal

  "CNN Live On Location", www.cnn.com. January 9, 2003.

• We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our lives, but the reality is that we are responsible-response-able-for our choices.

  Stephen Covey

  Reality, People, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

• Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Choices, Principles

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

• Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.

  Stephen Covey

  Lynching, People, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.545, Mango Media Inc.

• True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.

  Stephen Covey

  Organization, Choices, Principles

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.

  Stephen Covey

  Lying, Effectiveness, Space

• Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Space, Choices

  "First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy". Book by Stephen Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill, 1994.

• We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.

  Stephen Covey

  Exercise, Space, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

• We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Choices, Principles

• Once you've found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.

  Stephen Covey

  Voice, Choices, Inspire

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

• We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Issues, Choices

• Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

  Stephen Covey

  Power, Choices, Decision

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

• Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

  Stephen Covey

  Choices, Environment, Genes

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

• Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.

  Stephen Covey

  Mother, Father, Integrity

• In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

  Stephen Covey

  Independent, Self Confidence, Decisions We Make

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

• If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day--in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life. Your thoughts will be higher. Your interactions will be more satisfying. You will have a greater perspective. You will increase that space between what happens to you and your response to it. You will be more connected to what really matters most.

  Stephen Covey

  Morning, Jobs, Reading

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