19 quotes
"We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their behavior."
- Stephen R. Covey
Integrity
"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 R. Covey
Personal Growth
"Our greatest joy and our greatest pain come in our relationships with others."
- Stephen R. Covey
Relationships
""Trust is the glue of life. It is the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.""
- Stephen R. Covey
Relationships
"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 R. Covey
Relationships
"Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly."
- Stephen R. Covey
Motivation
"Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives."
- Stephen R. Covey
Teamwork
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood."
- Stephen R. Covey
Teamwork
"All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result."
- Stephen R. Covey
Creativity
"Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers."
- Stephen R. Covey
Leadership
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
- Stephen R. Covey
Belief in Self
"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions."
- Stephen R. Covey
Responsibility
"Accountability breeds responsibility."
- Stephen R. Covey
Responsibility
"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 R. Covey
Empowerment
"To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions."
- Stephen R. Covey
Change
"The key is in not spending time, but in investing it."
- Stephen R. Covey
Time Management
"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."
- Stephen R. Covey
Service
"A disciplined life is a choice, not a chance."
- Stephen R. Covey
Self-improvement
"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 R. Covey
Honesty