Stephen Covey Quotes About Emotions

Quotes about: Emotions

• Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Attitude, Freedom

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

• 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.

  Stephen Covey

  Freedom, Independent, Giving

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

• Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

  Stephen Covey

  Disappointment, Winning, People

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

• When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

  Stephen Covey

  Air, Rejection, Emotion

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

• We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.

  Stephen Covey

  Emotion, Tension, Disharmony

• 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

• It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.

  Stephen Covey

  Courage, Emotion, Realizing

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

• As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole-the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives - you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.

  Stephen Covey

  Family, Balance, Trying

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