Selected quotes · 19
№ 01
“In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.”
Stephen CoveyFailure
№ 02
“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 principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.”
Stephen CoveyCreativity
№ 03
“An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.”
Stephen CoveyLeadership
№ 04
“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.”
Stephen CoveyCreativity
№ 05
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.”
Stephen CoveyGrowth
№ 06
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
Stephen CoveyWisdom
№ 07
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”
Stephen CoveyLeadership
№ 08
“If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.”
Stephen CoveyFreedom
№ 09
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”
Stephen CoveyWisdom
№ 10
“You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.”
Stephen CoveyFailure
№ 11
“If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.”
Stephen CoveyLife
№ 12
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
Stephen CoveyLeadership
№ 13
“Leadership is a choice, not a position.”
Stephen CoveyFreedom
№ 14
“Trust is central to an economy that works.”
Stephen CoveyWisdom
№ 15
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
Stephen CoveyLife
№ 16
“There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.”
Stephen CoveyFreedom
№ 17
“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 CoveyLife
№ 18
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
Stephen CoveyWisdom
№ 19
“It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction.”
Stephen CoveyFailure