Quotes by Stephen Covey

About Stephen Covey:

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death.
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Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don't think it's necessarily treating people like things.

Stephen Covey

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

Stephen Covey

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

Stephen Covey

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

Stephen Covey

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.

Stephen Covey

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

Stephen Covey

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Stephen Covey

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

Stephen Covey

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

Stephen Covey

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.

Stephen Covey

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.

Stephen Covey

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

Stephen Covey

Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.

Stephen Covey

A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.

Stephen Covey

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

Stephen Covey

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

Stephen Covey

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

Stephen Covey

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

Stephen Covey

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

Stephen Covey

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.

Stephen Covey

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 influen...

Stephen Covey

Author Bio

  • NameStephen Covey
  • DescriptionAmerican educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker
  • BornOctober 24, 1932
  • DiedJuly 16, 2012
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionProfessor; Businessperson; Author