More Quotes by Stephen Covey
Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.
