“All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.”
More from Stephen Covey on Wisdom
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”
“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.”
“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education”
“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level ofthinking we were at when we created them. - Albert Einstein”
“to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
“Our problems don’t stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.”
“Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.”
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”