Stephen R. Covey Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

17 Famous Quotes by Stephen R. Covey
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“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.”
Awareness Quotes
“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”
Challenge Quotes
“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.”
Conscience Quotes
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”
Consequences Quotes
“Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.”
Disillusionment Quotes
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”
Freedom Quotes
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
Imagination Quotes
“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.”
Imagination Quotes
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”
Management Quotes
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
Management Quotes
“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.”
Mankind Quotes
“Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”
Overcoming Quotes
“Those have most power to hurt us, that we love”
Power Quotes
“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
Spirit Quotes
“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
Humanity Quotes
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
Motivation Quotes
“A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.”
Business Quotes