Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

All of us are interested in things outside of our stewardships, and we should be, but the most important way to do anything about them is to magnify our own stewardships. When you focus on your own responsibility, you become relatively unconcerned with other peoples stewardships...The highest form of influence is to be a model, not a critic; a light, not a judge.

Theres no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

People cant live with change if theres not a changeless core inside them.

People cant live with change if theres not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

Through real-life stories, Kristin Kaufman illustrates the core idea of being present in the moment and opening oneself up to new ideas in order to become an authentic leader in life.

churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

I believe that days one and two for most of us involve getting more control over the body-such as getting to be early, arising early, exercising regularly, eating in moderation, staying at our work when necessary even when tired. Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can’t control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?

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

Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce- to think, to learn, to create, to adapt. Thats true financial independence. Its not having wealth; its having the power to produce wealth. Its intrinsic.

Courage isnt absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

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.

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.

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? Its not logical: its psychological. And its very real.

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,

Where westand depends on where we sit.