Stephen Covey Quotes
Principles are the territory. Values are maps.
Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Simon & Schuster, 1989, p. 35.
He had advocated the removal of the Assad regime in Syria which had been murdering its own citizens. However Assad had kept peace with Israel and many in America and Israel feared that if Assad fell, the Iranians would be strengthened and perhaps be the dominant force in Syria. And theocratic Iran had vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. The interviewer had asked Peres if it might be a better strategy for Israel to support Assad?
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.
