Skip to content

Portrait of Sean Covey

Sean Covey

(1964) Business Executive

66 quotes in 461 categories

Sean Covey is a business executive, best known for The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Quick Facts About Sean Covey

Born: September 17, 1964
Profession: Business Executive
Notable works: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

About Sean Covey

Sean Covey is an American business executive, author, and speaker. He is president of FranklinCovey Education and also serves as executive vice president of Global Partnerships. Covey's works include The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which has been translated into 20 languages and sold over 8 million copies worldwide.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Sean Covey · Page 2

Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.

Another

Image

Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical.…

Accentuate

Image

Now think deeply. What have you done with your life over the past year? How do you feel inside?

Done

Image

If you're planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: 'I'm looking forward…

Dropping

Image

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

Become

Image

These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of…

Deals

Image

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Flavor

Image

Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity,…

Compass

Image

Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation.

Foundation

Image

Paradigms are like glasses. When you have incomplete paradigms about yourself or life in general, it's like wearing glasses with the wrong…

About

Image

It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong…

All kinds

Image

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend,…

Any

Image

The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a…

Awareness

Image

Small changes can make huge destination differences.

Change

Image

Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.

Flower

Image

We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.

Choices

Image

I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living…

Amazed

Image

Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two…

Bears

Image

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

Challenges

Image

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.

Children

Image

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America,…

America

Image

“I am the servant of all great individuals and, alas, of all failures, as well. Those who are great, I have made…

Failure

Image

“We first make our habits, then our habits make us. ENGLISH POET.”

Habits

Image

If you decide to just go with the flow, you'll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading…

Bigs

Image

Listening can heal wounds.

Communication

Image

Sean Covey by topic

Life (13) You (10) Time (8)