I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice. Stephen Covey positivitypositivethinking You can't hold someone accountable for results if you supervise their methods. Stephen Covey methodresultsifs This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute. Stephen Covey investmentinstrumentspowerful Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others. Stephen Covey choicesprinciplespeople People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening. Stephen Covey empathytalkingpeople Passion is the fire, enthusiasm and courage that an individual feels when she is doing something she loves while accomplishing worthy ends, something that satisfies her deepest needs. Stephen Covey passionfireneeds The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. Stephen Covey duplicityimportantrelationship ...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well. Stephen Covey communicationskillscharacter Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce - to think, to learn, to create, to adapt. That's true financial independence. It's not having wealth; it's having the power to produce wealth. Stephen Covey jobslyingthinking Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. Stephen Covey successopportunitypeople Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. Stephen Covey tastefitnessmotivational Management works in the system; leadership works on the system. Stephen Covey businessmanagementleadership When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that's called 'success'. But once you have a new challenge, the old, once-successful response no longer works. That's why it is called a 'failure'. Stephen Covey equalsuccessfulchallenges Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. Stephen Covey behind-youbehindsimportant The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to what is most important in our lives. Stephen Covey prioritiesimportantstruggle The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves. Stephen Covey time-managementchallengestime We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work. Stephen Covey disharmonytensionemotion The way we see the problem is the problem. Stephen Covey motivationalinspirationalway ...to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know. Stephen Covey 7-habitsstudentsinspirational Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. Stephen Covey leaderpeoplethinking
