Quotes about Alignment
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
— Stephen Covey
The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be
— Stephen Covey
God was at the center of your life, everything else would find its proper place.
— Stephen Covey
The main thing Is to keep the main thing the main thing.
— Stephen Covey
if God was at the center of your life, everything else would find its proper place.
— Stephen Covey
Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.
— Stephen Covey
You can't become principle-centered without first being aware of and developing your own proactive nature. You can't become principle-centered without first being aware of your paradigms and understanding how to shift them and align them with principles. You can't become principle-centered without a vision of and a focus on the unique contribution that is yours to make.
— Stephen Covey
Consider: What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?
— Stephen Covey
Where we stand depends on where we sit.
— Stephen Covey
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
— Stephen Covey
It is only in orienting his life to the divine center that a person can secure anything else he desires and yet not be based upon it.
— Stephen Covey
the more completely weekly goals are tied into a wider framework of correct principles and into a personal mission statement, the greater the increase in effectiveness will be.
— Stephen Covey