613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can’t sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.

Priority is a function of context.

Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror – from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us – our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.

To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.

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