Quotes from Stephen Covey

Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life.

People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses

How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.

He who has a why can deal with any what or how.

The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."

The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.

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

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.

Principles are deep fundamental truths... lightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty and strength through the fabric of life.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

The role of the leader is to foster mutual respect and build a complementary team where each strength is made productive and each weakness irrelevant.

Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?

Begin with the end in mind.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.

Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

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

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.