Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
Stephen Richards Coveywas an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth24 October 1932
CitySalt Lake City, UT
CountryUnited States of America
Stephen Covey quotes about
We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?
Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"
Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic
Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.
If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!
You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.
Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.
The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.
How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past