Quotes from Stephen Covey

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying.

Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.

Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild.

It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.

Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?

Communication is the most important single activity of man.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.

Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.