Stephen Covey

Trust is the glue of life.

Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yourself from your own internal peace and harmony which is itself a function of your peace and harmony with God and your family.

Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can__ control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?

I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of the individual person.

We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer deal with all our unrighteous aspirations, selfishness, perverse inclinations, impatience, anger, procrastination. This is a form of spiritual creation.

Our problems don__ stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.

To carefully listen is a powerful way of saying to another that we value that person. When we take the time to understand we communicate that we care, we want to understand, we respect their expression, we give dignity and an individual sense of worth. Communication lies more in feeling than in words.

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.

Very few people have ever experienced the feeling of being completely understood. When they experience it, it can become one of the richest feelings they have ever had.

The great obstacle to communication is the tendency to constantly evaluate or moralize with others, creating in them a fear to speak or act. The great key to this communication is to learn to listen attentively with understanding to the other person__ point of view creating an atmosphere of love and approval.

When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

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

Trust is central to an economy that works.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.