Stephen Covey Quotes


Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.


Citations

Covey, Stephen R., A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill. First Things First. Simon & Schuster, 1994, p. 48.

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Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
  • Born: October 24, 1932
  • Died: July 16, 2012
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author, Professional Speaker, Professor, Consultant, Management-expert

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death.