7 Habits Quotes

• Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Skills, Desire

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Priorities In Life, Important

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Cancer, Loving Life

  "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Steven Covey, 1989.

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  I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life”, p.88, FranklinCovey Co.

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• It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, One Thing, Seven Habits

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.283, Mango Media Inc.

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• Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey, (p. 101), 1989.

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• When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

  Stephen Covey

  Air, Rejection, Emotion

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Change, Emotional Appeal

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.

  Stephen Covey

  Treats, Interpersonal Skills, Regard

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

  Earl Nightingale

  Doe, Persons

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• At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.

  Stephen Covey

  Believe, Personal Development, Seven Habits

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.379, Mango Media Inc.

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• Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

  Stephen Covey

  Sacrifice, Love Is, Appreciate

  "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change". Book by Stephen Covey, 1989.

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• But borrowing strength builds weakness.

  Stephen Covey

  Weakness, Personal Development, Borrowing

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.44, Mango Media Inc.

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• We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

  Stephen Covey

  Perception, Lenses, Looks

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.7, Mango Media Inc.

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• Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.

  Mother Teresa

  Unique, Contribution, Seven Habits

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• If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to have more freedom, more latitude in your job, be a more responsible, a more helpful, a more contributing employee.

  Stephen Covey

  Teenager, Parent, Understanding

  "Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People".

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• Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Trust, Motivation

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

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• Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

  Stephen Covey

  Mind, Vision, Principles

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.377, Mango Media Inc.

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• Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.

  Stephen Covey

  Powerful, Lenses, World

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.31, Mango Media Inc.

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• Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it.

  Stephen Covey

  Happiness, Honesty, Thinking

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.25, Mango Media Inc.

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• All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things

  Stephen Covey

  Imagination, Goal, Vision

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.117, Mango Media Inc.

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• I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

  Stephen Covey

  Attitude, Integrity, Self Esteem

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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• Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, People, Effort

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.57, Mango Media Inc.

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• The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

  Stephen Covey

  Essence, People, Feelings

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.98, Mango Media Inc.

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• Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

  Stephen Covey

  Problem, Solutions, Problem Solving

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.109, Mango Media Inc.

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