Quotes from Stephen Covey

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.'

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.

Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

Unless you're continually improving your skills, you're quickly becoming irrelevant.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.

Most leaders would agree that they'd be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

The way we see the problem is the problem.

People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

Life is a mission, not a career.

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.

We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less.

Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you.

We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.

You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.

If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.