Stephen R. Covey Quotes

My friend, love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?

A series problem with a reactive language is that it become a self-fulfilling prophecy, People become reinforced in the paradigm that they are determined, and they produce evidence to support the belief, They ( Reactive People) feel increasingly victimized and out of control, not in charge of their life or their destiny, They blame outside forces -- other people, circumstances, even the stars -- for their own situation

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct principles, to get the job done.

Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be andhe will become as he can and should be.

You must be open and influenceable; then ironically, you will also discover an increase in your own power to influence

It comes from within.

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