7 Habits Quotes

• We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Our Actions, Management

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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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• 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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• 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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• Live out of your imagination, not your history.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

  Stephen R. Covey (1999). “Choice: Choosing the Proactive Life You Want to Live”, Franklincovey

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• The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

  Stephen Covey

  Impulse Control, Essence, Self Control

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.83, Mango Media Inc.

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• Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

  Stephen Covey

  Positive, Positivity, Thinking

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.106, Mango Media Inc.

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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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• 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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  Begin with the end in mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life”, Franklincovey

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

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.298, Mango Media Inc.

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• Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, People, Weakness

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.

  Stephen Covey

  Decision, Challenges, Mind

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• 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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• Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, Lying, Inspiration

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• Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Leadership, Insperational

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Core, Ifs

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• ...to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Students, Knows

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• The way we see the problem is the problem.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Way

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

  Stephen Covey

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Basketball, Perseverance

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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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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• To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.

  Stephen Covey

  Loyal, Interpersonal Skills, Absent

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• You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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