The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
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Stephen R. Covey quotes
1932-2012 · Personal development
American educator and author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
13 quotes, 13 traced to where Covey said or wrote them.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), Habit 5
Begin with the end in mind.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), Habit 2
Trust is the glue that holds everything together.
First Things First (1994)
More important than how fast you're going, is where you're headed.
First Things First (1994)
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
As quoted in Wake-up Calls by Eric Allenbaugh (1992)
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
As quoted in Teaching Sport and Physical Activity by Paul G. Schempp (2003)
In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
Principle-Centered Leadership (1992)
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
Principle-Centered Leadership (1992)
Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects.
The 8th Habit (2004)