613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.

The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.

思維模式就像一張地圖，幫助我們決定自己要走的方向。我們所觀看到的地圖，決定了我們的行為，而我們的行為，則決定了我們會得到的結果。改變思維模式，我們的行為及所得的結果也將有所不同。

雖然有些思維地圖或許真的比別的地圖完整，但是沒有一張思維地圖是真正完整、真實的，因為地圖原本就不是真正的地形、地貌。

Management works in the system;Leadership works on the system;

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Principles are not values. A gang of thieves can share values, but they are in violation of fundamental principles. Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

Values are social norms — they're personal, emotional, subjective, and arguable. All of us have values. Even criminals have values. The question you must ask yourself is, Are your values based upon principles? In the last analysis, principles are natural laws — they're impersonal, factual, objective and self-evident. Consequences are governed by principles and behavior is governed by values; therefore, value principles! p. 49