Stephen Covey Quotes

It’s easy to say “no!” when there’s a deeper “yes!” burning inside.

It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think you want now for what you want later.

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

My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach. When relationships are strained and the air charged with emotion, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

My friend, love is a verb. Love — the feeling — is a fruit of love, the verb. So love her. Serve her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her. Are you willing to do that?

Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!

Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values, therefore, value principles!

Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. … Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.

I am the creative force of my life.

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

It is character that communicates most eloquently.

In the midst of the most degrading circumstances imaginable, Frankl used the human endowment of self-awareness to discover a fundamental principle about the nature of man: Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.

When we talk about time management, it seems ridiculous to worry about speed before direction, about saving minutes when we may be wasting years.