Quotes from Stephen Covey

A blind person could make a lifelong study of the eye, properties of light, the sight process and become a great expert in the field, but in another sense he would know nothing about sight. A person could know a great deal about God and yet not know God.

Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.

Very few people have ever experienced the feeling of being completely understood. When they experience it, it can become one of the richest feelings they have ever had.

I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of the individual person.

Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can't control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?

Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yourself from your own internal peace and harmony which is itself a function of your peace and harmony with God and your family.

No enterprise can become or rains truly great without a core set of principles to preserve to build upon

Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous

Writing bridges conscious and subconscious mind. It is a psycho-neuromuscular activity and literally imprints the brain.

For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root - Thoreau

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them - Einstein

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character

One man asked another on the death of a mutual friend, How much did he leave? His friend responded, He left it all.

I have the power to choose my response.

A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it's personal, it's positive, it's present tense, it's visual, and it's emotional.

So also in a marriage or in helping a teenager through a difficult identity crisis—there is no quick fix, where you can just move in and make everything right with a positive mental attitude and a bunch of success formulas.

Think with the end in mind. Before you go on a trip, you determine your destination and plan out the best route. Before you plant a garden, you plan it out in your mind, possibly on paper. You create speeches on paper before you give them, you envision the landscaping in your yard before you landscape it. You design the clothes you make before you thread the needle.

All people see the world, not as it is, but as they are

No involvement, no commitment.

Begin with the end in mind

If you adopt a pattern of life that focuses on golden eggs and neglects the goose, you will soon be without the asset that produces golden eggs. On the other hand, if you only take care of the goose with no aim toward the golden eggs, you soon won't have the wherewithal to feed yourself or the goose.

We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer deal with all our unrighteous aspirations, selfishness, perverse inclinations, impatience, anger, procrastination. This is a form of spiritual creation.

There is no future in a job. The only future is inside oneself. We look inside rather than outside. We become producer rather than consumers of other peoples' production.