I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Anything less then a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey Copy Share
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don't; rather, trust is a… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires… — Stephen Covey Copy Share
