Quotes from Sean Covey

Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.

Small changes can make huge destination differences.

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.

We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.

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

All the events of your past have formed a lens, or paradigm, through which you see the world. And since no one's past is exactly like anyone else's, no two people see alike.

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.

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

It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey

The following is a list of statements made many years ago by experts in their fields. At the time they were said they sounded intelligent. With the passing of time, they sound idiotic.

The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job.

My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

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

We first make our habits, then our habits make us. ENGLISH POET.

if you base your identity on having friends, being accepted, and being popular, you may find yourself compromising your standards or changing them every weekend to accommodate your friends.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is.

Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.

Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you'll ever have to do. Doing it, however, is one of the biggest charges you can ever make to your personal battery. I call this 'won't power.'

You shouldn't feel guilty about taking time for yourself. Every so often, everyone needs to give themselves a big ol' bear hug and treat themselves to some TLC.

Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical. I think the best way to correct behavior is to accentuate and affirm positive behavior and to ignore negative behavior. Generally speaking, there is a time to correct, of course; but my biggest advice would be, 'Affirm your child.'

Paradigms are like glasses. When you have incomplete paradigms about yourself or life in general, it's like wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. That lens affects how you see everything else.