Quotes from 7 habits of highly effective people
I have always admired this book,
And as it has made some extremely good points,
That after applying in life made a huge difference.
I loved the way the author illustrated everything,
As it felt like an experience of sitting in a seminar with the author himself,
I read this book twice already,
And I thought putting quotes here would enable me to read whenever I want.
Also sharing what I liked the most.
So, without any further ado, let’s get right to it.
“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, “I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,” that person cannot say, “I choose otherwise.”
Stephen R. Covey
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
Stephen R. Covey
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
Stephen R. Covey
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.”
Stephen R. Covey
“It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a character, sow a character, reap a destiny.”
Stephen R. Covey
“to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”
Stephen R. Covey
“How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.”
Stephen R. Covey
“The only person I know, is the person I want to be”
Stephen R. Covey
“we’re responsible for our own lives.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.”
Stephen R. Covey
“All the well-meaning advice in the world won’t amount to a hill of beans if we’re not even addressing the real problem.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Anytime we think the problem is “out there,” that thought is the problem. We empower what’s out there to control us.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Listen twice as much as you speak.”
Stephen R. Covey
“I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,”
Stephen R. Covey
“Search your own heart with all diligence for out of it flow the issues of life.”
Stephen R. Covey
“if you don’t know yourself, if you don’t control yourself, if you don’t have mastery over yourself, it’s very hard to like yourself,”
Stephen R. Covey
“A thousand-mile journey begins with the first step” and can only be taken one step at a time.”
Stephen R. Covey
“two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It’s not logical; it’s psychological.”
Stephen R. Covey
“He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn’t reserve a plot for weeds.”
Stephen R. Covey
“to be trusted, it is said, is greater than to be loved. In the long run, I am convinced, to be trusted will be also to be loved.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things… I am tempted to think… there are no little things.
Stephen R. Covey
“In other words, what matters most is how we respond to what we experience in life.”
Stephen R. Covey
“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do,”
Stephen R. Covey
““We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Stephen R. Covey
“Good! You see it differently! Help me see what you see.”
Stephen R. Covey
I love all of these quotes and there are still many to read,
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