613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.

When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air.

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.

Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.

When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it’s more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.