Quotes about Perspective
One man asked another on the death of a mutual friend, "How much did he leave?" His friend responded, "He left it all.
— Stephen Covey
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
— Stephen Covey
Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.
— Stephen Covey
Humans have between what happens to us and our response to it.
— Stephen Covey
He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.
— Stephen Covey
As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.
— Stephen Covey
The more people are into quick fixes and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition. The way we see the problem is the problem.
— Stephen Covey
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
— Stephen Covey
The principles you live by create the world you live in. So when you change the principles you live by, you can change your world. Your mission statement serves to summarize the principles you want to live by.
— Stephen Covey
Principle of making what is important to the other person as important to you as the other person is to you.
— Stephen Covey
In other words, what matters most is how we respond to what we experience in life.
— Stephen Covey
It shows, first of all, how powerfully conditioning affects our perceptions, and our paradigms. If ten seconds can have that kind of impact on the way we see things, what about the conditioning of a lifetime?
— Stephen Covey