Motivational Quotes by Stephen Covey

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

— Stephen Covey

Life is a mission, not a career.

— Stephen Covey

Beginners are many; finishers are few.

— Stephen Covey

It's better to be trusted than to be liked.

— Stephen Covey

It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.

— Stephen Covey

By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.

— Stephen Covey

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.

— Stephen Covey

If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.

— Stephen Covey

People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.

— Stephen Covey

I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

— Stephen Covey

Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.

— Stephen Covey

Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.

— Stephen Covey

You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.

— Stephen Covey

It's not that we ignore our weaknesses; rather, we make our weaknesses irrelevant by working effectively with others so that we compensate…

— Stephen Covey

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on…

— Stephen Covey

We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but…

— Stephen Covey

We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get…

— Stephen Covey

When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise…

— Stephen Covey

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And…

— Stephen Covey

Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is,…

— Stephen Covey

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that…

— Stephen Covey

In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results.…

— Stephen Covey

You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop…

— Stephen Covey

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

I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through…

— Stephen Covey

How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about…

— Stephen Covey

The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think…

— Stephen Covey

Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms…

— Stephen Covey

The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of…

— Stephen Covey

Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

— Stephen Covey

Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.

— Stephen Covey

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

— Stephen Covey

When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.

— Stephen Covey

Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you.

— Stephen Covey

As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem

— Stephen Covey

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

— Stephen Covey

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

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it…

— Stephen Covey

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

Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means…

— Stephen Covey