Stephen Covey

“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.” ~ Stephen Covey

“My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character.  Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response.  In those choices lie our growth and our happiness.” ~ Unknown

“We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” ~ Stephen Covey

“It’s like the more you know the more you know you don’t know.” ~ Stephen Covey

“It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise.  What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to.  We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day.  That hardly seems an inordinate amout of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week.” ~ Stephen Covey

“In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival – to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ~ Stephen Covey

“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Be loyal to those who are not present.  In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Make what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.” ~ Stephen Covey

“The quick fix is a mirage.” ~ Stephen Covey

“You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself.” ~ Stephen Covey

“We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Trust is the highest form of human motivation.” ~ Stephen Covey