Quotes about Mindfulness
We often get into ruts, on treadmills, caught up in patterns and habits that aren't useful. We don't stop to ask, what can I learn from this week that will keep next week from essentially being a repeat of the same?
— Stephen Covey
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power—the freedom to choose.
— Stephen Covey
Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether it rains or shines makes no difference to them. They are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn't a function of whether the weather is conducive to it or not.
— Stephen Covey
Make decisions based on our values and not how we felt in the moment.
— Stephen Covey
Proactive people subordinate feelings to values.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt me without my consent.
— Stephen Covey
It is not what others do or even our own mistakes that hurt us the most; it is our response to those things.
— Stephen Covey
Look at the word responsibility—"response-ability"—the ability to choose your response.
— Stephen Covey
No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
— Stephen Covey
The greatest battles we fight are in the silent chambers of our own souls.
— Stephen Covey
The futility of bad-mouthing, bad-thinking, put-downs, and accusation becomes very evident when they think in terms of only having a short time to live. Principles and values become more evident to everybody
— Stephen Covey
The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
— Stephen Covey