613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

But borrowing strength builds weakness.

They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

Empathy is not sympathy. A sympathy is a form of agreement. Empathy is not agreeing with someone; it is fully, deeply understanding that person, emotionally as well as intellectually.

to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

As we exercise self- awareness and examine our paradigms we discover that they are deeply ingrained. Change is not easy.

Where we stand depends on where we sit." Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. When other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them.

All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.

Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.