Stephen Covey Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• 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.

• You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Meaningful

• 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

• Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.298, Mango Media Inc.

• Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.

  Stephen Covey

  Love, Life, Inspiration

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

• We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

• Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Motivational, Change

  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.115, Simon and Schuster

• "If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a reserve. Your trust toward me becomes higher, and I can call upon that trust many times if I need to. I can even make mistakes and that trust level, that emotional reserve, will compensate for it. My communication may not be clear, but you'll get my meaning anyway. You won't make me "an offender for a word." When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective."

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Honesty

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.230, Mango Media Inc.

• Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Leadership, Insperational

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

• 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.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Ideas

• The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Relationship, Change

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Honesty

• In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center of a person's life.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Technique, Foundation

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.163, Mango Media Inc.

• The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Responsibility

• A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Writing

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, p.159, Mango Media Inc.

• A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Meaningful, Long

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.299, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Attitude

• The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Team

• If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Diagnosis, Have Confidence

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

• Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am embarrassed when people talk about the Covey Habits, and dislike the idea of being some sort of guru.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Success, Business

• 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.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Empathy

• Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Goal

• Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Voice, Differences

• People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Success, Business

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

• Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Working Together, Quality

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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