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 Image
The role of the leader is to foster mutual respect and build a complementary team where each strength is made productive and… — 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
The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' ... Busy, efficient producers… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic". — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual… — 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
The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe this is not the case. The… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In many situations involving service recovery - the problem itself became the catalyst for the creation of even greater trust as the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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 Image
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
