Stephen Covey Quotes

The 8th Habit [Book]

From this Book: 16 Quotes

Book Overview: In order to thrive, innovate, excel and lead in what Covey calls the new Knowledge Worker Age, we must build on and move beyond effectiveness…to greatness. Accessing the higher levels of human genius and motivation in today’s new reality requires a sea change of new thinking — a new mind-set, a new skill-set, a new tool-set — in short, a whole new habit.

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“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves.” ~ Stephen Covey

“My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” ~ Stephen Covey

“We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” ~ Stephen Covey

“It’s like the more you know the more you know you don’t know.” ~ Stephen Covey

“It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Most of us think we don’t have enough time to exercise. What a distorted paradigm! We don’t have time not to. We’re talking about three to six hours a week – or a minimum of thirty minutes a day, every other day. That hardly seems an inordinate amout of time considering the tremendous benefits in terms of the impact on the other 162 – 165 hours of the week.” ~ Stephen Covey

“In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival – to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ~ Stephen Covey

“You have to water the flowers you want to grow.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Make what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.” ~ Stephen Covey

“You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself.” ~ Stephen Covey

“We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.” ~ Stephen Covey

“Trust is the highest form of human motivation.” ~ Stephen Covey