Stephen Covey Quotes

702 quotes · Author, Speaker

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Stephen Covey Quotes

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Stephen Covey

Author, Speaker

Philosophical

“Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!”

Inspiration Keys Quality

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Stephen Covey

Author, Speaker

Motivated

“The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.”

Important Keys Motivation

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Philosophical

“Remember, technology is a great servant, but a terrible master.”

Technology Remember Masters

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Motivated

“Life is a mission, not a career.”

Motivational Careers

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Wise

“Treat them all the same by treating them differently.”

Treats 7 Habits

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Love

“What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, whether they have human-relations techniques or not, we trust them and work with them.”

People Character Technique

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Wise

“Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already miles down the road; to redo; to live with unexpressed and unsolved problems; to deal with the results of not giving people psychological air.”

People Giving Air

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Wise

“Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.”

People Vision Principles

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Hopeful

“When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and do, they become very reverent. They start to think in larger terms than today and tomorrow.”

People Thinking Want

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Hopeful

“If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day--in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life. Your thoughts will be higher. Your interactions will be more satisfying. You will have a greater perspective. You will increase that space between what happens to you and your response to it. You will be more connected to what really matters most.”

Jobs Reading Morning

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Inspired

“When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.”

Air Emotion Rejection

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Wise

“The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.”

People Believe Character

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