Quote

Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things fly out open windows until they spend themselves.

Stephen Covey

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
Window
Answer
Accusations
Spend
Contentious
Answers
Accusation
Open
Irresponsible
Give
Arguments
Giving
Windows
Things
Argument

More quotes by Stephen Covey

Image
If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others.
Stephen Covey
Image
Satisfied needs do not motivate. It's only the unsatisfied need that motivates. Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival - to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.
Stephen Covey
Image
The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.
Stephen Covey
Image
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
Stephen Covey
Image
Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.
Stephen Covey
Image
There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
Stephen Covey
Image
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
Stephen Covey
Image
You always reap what you sow there is no shortcut.
Stephen Covey
Image
Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
Stephen Covey
Image
They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.
Stephen Covey
Image
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
Stephen Covey
Image
The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Stephen Covey
Image
If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building.
Stephen Covey
Image
It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
Stephen Covey
Image
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past
Stephen Covey
Image
Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.
Stephen Covey
Image
Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a philosophy. You have to ask the ultimate questions of life when you're dealing with personal leadership issues.
Stephen Covey
Image
I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do the right thing.
Stephen Covey
Image
Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you.
Stephen Covey
Image
When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.
Stephen Covey