Stephen Covey Quotes

702 quotes · Author, Speaker

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Stephen Covey Quotes

All Determined Wise Courageous Confident Philosophical 702 quotes · page 26 of 50

Stephen Covey

Author, Speaker

Confident

“Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than your moods or your circumstances, which includes your medical condition and other people's stereotypic observations. Once you overcome this comparison based mentality, your confidence will soar.”

People Promise Honor

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Stephen Covey

Author, Speaker

Motivated

“Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.”

Long Innovation Climate

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Motivated

“The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.”

Long Keys Dedication

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Philosophical

“It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.”

Motivational Wisdom

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Determined

“Seek to understand rather than be understood.”

Empathy Understood

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Peaceful

“Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.”

Heart Morning Meditation

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Courageous

“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.”

Heart Inspirational Character

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Courageous

“Humility is the mother of all virtues: the humble in spirit progress and are blessed because they willingly submit to higher powers and try to live in harmony with natural laws and universal principles. Courage is the father of all virtues; we need great courage to lead our lives by correct principles and to have integrity in the moment of choice.”

Mother Father Integrity

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Grateful

“I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.”

Thinking Home Wall

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Happy

“Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.”

Happiness Sacrifice Happy

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Determined

“Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).”

Choices Environment Genes

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Determined

“Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.”

Goal Wisdom Positive

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