The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen R. Covey quotes

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. ― Stephen R. Covey.

Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

 

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1. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. ― Stephen R. Covey

2. If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting. ― Stephen R. Covey

3. There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles. ― Stephen R. Covey

4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. ― Stephen R. Covey

5. Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. ― Stephen R. Covey

6. Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be. ― Stephen R. Covey

7. Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. ― Stephen R. Covey

8. Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. ― Stephen R. Covey

9. Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination.

These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change. ― Stephen R. Covey

10. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. ― Stephen R. Covey 

11. Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. ― Stephen R. Covey

12. But until a person can say deeply and honestly, “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,” that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise. ― Stephen R. Covey

13. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. ― Stephen R. Covey

14. To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. ― Stephen R. Covey

15. If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control myself. ― Stephen R. Covey

16. The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. ― Stephen R. Covey

17. You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. ― Stephen R. Covey

18. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ― Stephen R. Covey

19. We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions. ― Stephen R. Covey

20. 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. ― Stephen R. Covey 

21. You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth. ― William W. Purkey

22. Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. ― J. K. Rowling

23. It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ― Agatha Christie

24. As a matter of fact it wouldn’t be safe to tell any man the truth about his wife! Funnily enough,

I’d trust most women with the truth about their husbands. Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting an eyelash, and without impairing their affection for the brute in the least. Women are wonderful realists. ― Agatha Christie

25. Anytime a broken heart is suffered, and there is a crushing pain inside the chest, this is a physical manifestation of the emotional experience as embodied by heart. ― Alanna Kaivalya 

26. What I need is the dandelion in the spring.
The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction.
The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses.
That it can be good again. ― Suzanne Collins