Stephen Covey Quotes About Perception

Quotes about: Perception

• We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

  Stephen Covey

  Perspective, Perception, World

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.25, Mango Media Inc.

• We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

  Stephen Covey

  Stay Positive, Inspire, Perception

  "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Stephen Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 1989.

• To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

  Stephen Covey

  Change, Inspiration, Perspective

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

• 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 Covey

  Perception, Lenses, Looks

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

• If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us - our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.

  Stephen Covey

  Crazy, Reflection, Mirrors

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

• The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.

  Stephen Covey

  Responsibility, Reality, Views

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.26, Mango Media Inc.

• Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.

  Stephen Covey

  Perception, Remember, Reactions

  Stephen R. Covey (1982). “The Divine Center”, Bookcraft Pubs

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