Stephen R. Covey

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.

To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.

Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

Being is seeing in the human dimension.

Start with the end in mind.

Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.

My friend, love is a verb. Love__he feeling__s 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.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

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.

Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.

Love is a verb. Love _ the feeling _ is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

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.

The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

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