The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The nature of life is to be a study of contrasts: joy/sadness, full/empty. The Main Thing is to Keep The Main Thing… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that… — 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
When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Fulfilling the four needs [spiritual, mental, physical, social] in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a… — 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
“The unexamined life is not worth living,’ observed Plato. But the number of people who come out of our leadership development programs… — 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
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative… — 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
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