Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey

American educator, author and businessman

Lived from: 1932 - 2012

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 24 october 1932 Died: 16 july 2012

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  • I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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  • People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
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  • Begin with the end in mind.
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  • Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it - immediately.
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  • Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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  • Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.
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  • If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
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  • If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
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  • It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
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  • It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.
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  • Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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  • Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.
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  • Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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  • Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
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  • Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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  • Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.
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  • Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
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  • 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.
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  • The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.
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  • There are three constants in life: change, choice and principles.
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What are the most famous quotes from Stephen R. Covey?

The two most famous quotes from Stephen R. Covey are:

  • "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
  • "People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value."

When did Stephen R. Covey live?

Stephen R. Covey was born in 1932 and died in the year 2012.