Quotes related to 2 Timothy 1:7
The power to make and keep commitments to ourselves is the essence of developing the basic habits of effectiveness.
— Stephen Covey
Using intimidation builds weakness because it reinforces dependence on external factors to get things done. When fear replaces cooperation, both people involved become more illogical and
— Stephen Covey
Although the church claims to teach people about the source of power, it does not claim to be that power itself. It claims to be one vehicle through which divine power can be channeled into man's nature.
— Stephen Covey
Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
— Stephen Covey
Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
— Stephen Covey
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit
— Stephen Covey
Habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire.
— Stephen Covey
The power to make and keep commitments to ourselves is the essence of developing the basic habits of effectiveness. Knowledge, skill, and desire are all within our control. We can work on any one to improve the balance of the three.
— Stephen Covey
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.
— Stephen Covey
Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do.
— Stephen Covey
But we are responsible—"response-able"—to control our lives and to powerfully influence our circumstances by working on be, on what we are.
— Stephen Covey
He realized that real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.
— Stephen Covey