Top 15 Stephen Covey Quotes

American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)

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Stephen R. Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American author of the bestselling book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, as well as other books.

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Native Name: Stephen Richards Covey

Alternative Names: Stephen R. Covey

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Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.

Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

There are three constants in life... Change, Choice and Principles.

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

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

People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.

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

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