More Quotes by Stephen Covey
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.
