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
We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.
Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.
For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.
One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.
Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem.
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don't think it's necessarily treating people like things.
You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.
My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.'
To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.
I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching.
The true identity theft is not financial. It's not in cyberspace. It's spiritual. It's been taken.