Stephen Covey Quotes

Show me someone who is humble enough to accept and take responsibility for his or her circumstances and courageous enough to take whatever initiative is necessary to creatively work his or her way through or around these challenges, and I'll show you the supreme power of choice.

But the underlying chronic condition remains, and eventually new acute symptoms will appear. The more people are into quick fix and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition. The way we see the problem is the problem.

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make

Self growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.

compass represents our vision, values, principles, mission, conscience, direction — what we feel is important and how we lead our lives.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

We are free to choose our actions, based on our knowledge of correct principles, but we are not free to choose the consequences of those actions. Remember, “If you pick up one end of the stick, you pick up the other.

Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth — a knowledge of things as they are.

If you don't let a teacher know what level you are — by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance — you will not learn or grow

Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements — win-win stewardship agreements, self-directing individuals and teams, aligned structures and systems, and accountability — can flourish.

responsibility — “response-ability” — the ability to choose your response.

No matter how long we’ve walked life’s pathway to mediocrity, we can always choose to switch paths. Always. It’s never too late. We can find our voice.

If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you give your life to? If you knew you didn’t have to work for a living, what would you give your life to?

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Someone inquired of a Hindu who had a great serenity and peace about him, no matter what pressures were put upon him, “How do you maintain that serenity and peace?” His answer: “I never leave my place of meditation.” Every morning he meditated for thirty minutes. Then in his mind and heart he never left it — he maintained the spirit of that place all during his public life and pressures.