Stephen Covey quotes - page 4

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. (Stephen Covey)

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

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Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.

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Treat them all the same by treating them differently.

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To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.

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When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

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My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

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The only person I know, is the person I want to be.

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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.

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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.

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The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values. (Stephen Covey)

The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.

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We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts.

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If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results.

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Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.

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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

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People are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren't getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope... with all of their might.

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Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.

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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.

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But borrowing strength builds weakness. (Stephen Covey)

Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw..

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Our life is result of our choices.

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Make your life work instead of making life full of work.

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Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made - meaning environmentally trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases.

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Stephen Covey

Occupation: American Educator
Born: October 24, 1932
Died: July 16, 2012
Quotes count: 200
Wikipedia: Stephen Covey

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