Quotes by Stephen Covey

“We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer deal with all our unrighteous aspirations, selfishness, perverse inclinations, impatience, anger, p...”

“Our problems dont stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.”

“I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of the individual person.”

“Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we cant control the body and its appetites, how can we ...”

“There is no future in a job. The only future is inside oneself. We look inside rather than outside. We become producer rather than consumers of other peoples production.”

“Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yourself from your own internal peace and harmony which is itself a function of your peace and harmony...”

“The great obstacle to communication is the tendency to constantly evaluate or moralize with others, creating in them a fear to speak or act. The great key to this communication is to learn to liste...”

“Very few people have ever experienced the feeling of being completely understood. When they experience it, it can become one of the richest feelings they have ever had.”

“It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.”

“To carefully listen is a powerful way of saying to another that we value that person. When we take the time to understand we communicate that we care, we want to understand, we respect their expres...”

“Trust is the glue of life.”

“Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous”

“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

“It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this...”

“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 ar...”

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”

“It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principle...”

“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 subs...”

“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.”

“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.”