Live out of your imagination , not your history .
Stephen CoveyWe don't invent our missions, we detect them.
Stephen CoveyEffective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen CoveyCourage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important.
Stephen CoveyRemember, to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.
Stephen Covey...when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day.
Stephen CoveyManagement is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Stephen CoveyThe key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
Stephen CoveyMost people do not listen with the intent to understand ; they listen with the intent to reply.
Stephen CoveyIn the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
Stephen CoveyPerform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
Stephen CoveyUnless we exercise our power to choose wisely, our actions will be determined by conditions. Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
Stephen CoveyLive the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.
Stephen CoveyGive no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things "fly out open windows" until they spend themselves.
Stephen CoveyPrepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
Stephen CoveyIt's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
Stephen CoveyIntegrity in the Moment of Choice Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.
Stephen CoveyTHE MOMENT OF CHOICE A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
Stephen CoveySpiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.
Stephen CoveyOur capacity for production and enjoyment is ?a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.
Stephen CoveyRetire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress , that is, a deep sense of meaning and contribution to worthy projects and causes, particularly your intergenerational family.
Stephen CoveySelf growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.
Stephen CoveyThe power to distinguish between person and performance and to communicate intrinsic worth flows naturally out of our own sense of intrinsic worth.
Stephen Covey