Quotes by Stephen Covey

How many of you “crammed” in school? (most of us) How many have worked on a farm? Did you “cram” on the farm? That is, did you forget to plant in the spring, loaf through the summer, then try to do everything in the fall just before harvest? Doesn’t work. Growing plants is subject to natural laws &…

When people become involved in the problem, they become significantly and sincerely committed to coming up with solutions to the problem.

When team members regard each other with mutual respect, differences are utilized and are considered strengths rather than weaknesses. The role of the leader is to foster mutual respect and build a complementary team where each strength is made productive and each weakness irrelevant.

We tend to judge others by their behaviors and ourselves by our intentions.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling.

Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success, leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

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