Stephen Covey Quotes

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

When you have reached your own room, be kind to those Who have chosen different doors and to those who are still in the hall.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

I learned quickly that if the student's perception is that you're not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law.

If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

I'm not asking you to be tolerant of each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Understand each other.

I hope that people will get to know me and give me the opportunity to get to know them and just respect what I'm doing because I respect how they feel and their thoughts as well.

I'm a pretty good listener.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.