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

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

Leadership is a choice, not a position. Stephen Covey

Leadership, Choice, Position

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

Priorities, Key, Schedule, Prioritize

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, Empathy, Deep, Creative, You

Listen with your eyes for feelings. - Stephen Covey

Listen with your eyes for feelings. Stephen Covey

Eyes, Feelings, Listen, 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, Principle

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

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

Listen, Understand, Reply, Intent

Accountability breeds response-ability. - Stephen Covey

Accountability breeds response-ability. Stephen Covey

Accountability, Breeds

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

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

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Stephen Covey

Strength, Differences, Similarities

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, Cheating, People, You, Feel

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

Mistake, Learn, Proactive, Correct

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, Ladder

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

Respect, Honesty, Integrity, People

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

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

Inspire, Voice, Find, Others, Your

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

Leadership, Discipline, Management, Out

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

Work, Life, Team, Time, People, Need

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution. Stephen Covey

Life, Contribution, About

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, Meet, Result

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. - Stephen Covey

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Stephen Covey

Keep, Thing, Main, Main Thing

The true identity theft is not financial. It's not in cyberspace. It's spiritual. It's been taken. Stephen Covey

Spiritual, Identity, Financial, True

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, Character, Home

If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. Stephen Covey

Doing, Going, Keep, Getting

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

Life, Job, You, Meaningful, Retire, Ever

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

Work, You, Important, Ahead, Always

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