“Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.”
-Stephen Covey
“It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.”
-Stephen Covey
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
-Stephen Covey
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
- Richard Bach
“There are three constants in life... Change, Choice and Principles.”
-Stephen Covey
“Courage isn't absence of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important”
-Stephen Covey
“Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.”
– Sam Levenson
“If you organize your family life to spend even ten or fifteen minutes a morning reading something that connects you with these timeless principles, its almost guaranteed that you will make better choices during the day--in the family, on the job, in every dimension of life. Your thoughts will be higher. Your interactions will be more satisfying. You will have a greater perspective. You will increase that space between what happens to you and your response to it. You will be more connected to what really matters most.”
-Stephen Covey
“When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.”
-Stephen Covey
“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.”
– David Ogden Stiers
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close- knit family in another city.”
– George Burns
“To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.”
-Stephen Covey
“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”
-Stephen Covey
“Leadership is communicating others’ worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”
-Stephen Covey
“At one seminar where I was speaking on the concept of proactivity, a man came up and said, “Stephen, I like what you’re saying. But every situation is so different. Look at my marriage. I’m really worried. My wife and I just don’t have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don’t love her anymore and she doesn’t love me. What can I do?” “The feeling isn’t there anymore?” I asked. “That’s right,” he reaffirmed. “And we have three children we’re really concerned about. What do you suggest?” “Love her,” I replied. “I told you, the feeling just isn’t there anymore.” “Love her.” “You don’t understand. The feeling of love just isn’t there.” “Then love her. If the feeling isn’t there, that’s a good reason to love her.” “But how do you love when you don’t love?” “My friend, love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?” *** In the great literature of all progressive societies, love is a verb. Reactive people make it a feeling.”
-Stephen Covey
“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase. Reactive people, on the other hand, focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern. They focus on the weakness of other people, the problems in the environment, and circumstances over which they have no control. Their focus results in blaming and accusing attitudes, reactive language, and increased feelings of victimization. The negative energy generated by that focus, combined with neglect in areas they could do something about, causes their Circle of Influence to shrink.”
-Stephen Covey
“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
-Stephen Covey