If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most? — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't hold someone accountable for results if you supervise their methods. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we know how to listen to our own heart, we can listen to the hearts of others. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so we chose the attendant consequence. If we pick… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate,… — 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
You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life! — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
One thing's for sure. If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. One definition of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If two people have the same opinion, one is unnecessary. ... I don't want to talk, to communicate, with someone who agrees… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control-myself. I can… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create… — 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
