Quotes from Stephen Covey

One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.

The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.

Interdependence is a higher value than independence

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses

In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Leadership is a choice, not a position

Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic

Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.

We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".

Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.

Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.

Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.

Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.

The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will.

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.