Stephen Covey Quotes

American - Businessman October 24, 1932 - July 16, 2012

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. Stephen Covey

Change, Freedom, Power, Imagination

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - Stephen Covey

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey

Key, Priorities, Schedule, Prioritize

Listen with your eyes for feelings. - Stephen Covey

Listen with your eyes for feelings. Stephen Covey

Eyes, Feelings, Listen, Your

Leadership is a choice, not a position. - Stephen Covey

Leadership is a choice, not a position. Stephen Covey

Leadership, Choice, Position

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

Positive, Creative, Empathy, Energy, You

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

Adversity, Character, Challenges, Just

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

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

Life, Change, Choice, Three, Principles

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. - Stephen Covey

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs. Stephen Covey

Voice, Inspire, Find, Others, Your

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

Life, Communication, Trust, Glue, Most

Accountability breeds response-ability. - Stephen Covey

Accountability breeds response-ability. Stephen Covey

Accountability, Breeds

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The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. Stephen Covey

Mistake, Learn, Proactive, Approach

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

Goals, Plan, You, Stop, Achieve, Fantasy

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. - Stephen Covey

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. Stephen Covey

Understand, Listen, Reply, Intent

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

Leadership, Success, Management, Wall

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

Great, Challenge, Ideas, Result, Meet

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. - Stephen Covey

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Stephen Covey

Strength, Differences, Similarities

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, Work, Attitude, Small, You, Want

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

Leadership, Discipline, Management, Out

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too. Stephen Covey

Culture, People, Feel, Cheating, You

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

Work, You, Important, Ahead, Never, Your

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

Integrity, Honesty, Respect, People

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

Business, People, Problems, Think, Need

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, Responsibility, Key, Initiative

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. Stephen Covey

Positive, Strength, Home, Character

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

Business, Uncertainty, One Thing, Thing

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, Work, Time, People, Team, Top

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