It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories. Stephen Covey creativitysuccessfulmemories Seek to understand rather than be understood. Stephen Covey empathyunderstood 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. Stephen Covey meditationheartmorning Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around. Stephen Covey moralauthoritymanagement As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem Stephen Covey positive-thinkingmotivationalinspirational We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. Stephen Covey perspectiveperceptionworld As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods. Stephen Covey responsibilityintegritycommitment Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance or out position. It comes from within. It comes from accurate paradigms and correct principles deep in our own mind and heart. It comes from inside-out congruence, from living a life of integrity in which our daily habits reflect our deepest values. Stephen Covey heartintegritythinking Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. Stephen Covey privacyconservativevictory Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together. Stephen Covey creatingcreativitytogether All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things Stephen Covey visionimaginationgoal We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations Stephen Covey trackbordersmotivational My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings. Stephen Covey choiceschangemotivational Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance. Stephen Covey independentfreedomgiving An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day. Stephen Covey empoweringpurposeway Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. Stephen Covey effortteamworkpeople Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey insperationalleadershiplife In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center of a person's life. Stephen Covey foundationtechniquelife People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. Stephen Covey 7-habitscorepeople Private victories precede public victories. Stephen Covey keeping-promisesvictorysuccess
