Quotes from Sean Covey

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

Listening can heal wounds.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.

Although I'm a retired teenager, I remember what it was like to be one. I could have sworn I was riding an emotional roller coaster most of the time. Looking back, I'm actually amazed that I survived. Barely.

Some of the more popular life-centers for teens include Friends, Stuff, Enemies, Self, and Work. They each have their good points, but they are all incomplete in one way or another, and they'll mess you up if you center your life on any one of them to the exclusion of the others.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.

Now think deeply. What have you done with your life over the past year? How do you feel inside?

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.

If you're planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: 'I'm looking forward to low-paying jobs for the rest of my life.'

These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.

Don't struggle about the struggle. In other words, life's full of ups and downs. So if you're struggling, don't worry, everyone else has or will at some point.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

If who I am is what I have and what I have is lost, then who am I?

We see them come. We see them go. Some are fast. And some are slow. Some are high. And some are slow. Not one of them is like another. Don't ask us why. Go ask your mother.

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force. ELAINE MAXWELL