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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

― Stephen Covey

PrioritiesInLife

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

― Stephen Covey

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.

― Stephen Covey

See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

― Stephen Covey

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.

― Stephen Covey

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.

― Stephen Covey

You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.

― Stephen Covey

Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.

― Stephen Covey

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

― Stephen Covey

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

― Stephen Covey

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

― Stephen Covey

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

― Stephen Covey

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.

― Stephen Covey

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

― Stephen Covey

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

― Stephen Covey

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.

― Stephen Covey

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

― Stephen Covey

ChangeForTheBetter

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

― Stephen Covey

Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

― Stephen Covey

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 Covey

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