Stephen R. Covey

Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it – immediately.

The ability to manage well doesn’t make much difference if you’re not even in the right jungle.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

It’s easy to say no! when there’s a deeper yes! burning inside.

Love – THE FEELING – is a fruit of love, the verb.

We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life – all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

I’ve got to confess I’m a pragmatic optimist myself.

If you haven’t found it yet keep looking.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they’ll be there for you.

I gave up the guitar in 1965. Didn’t want to see a guitar. I’d go out and get drunk. When I came out of the heart surgery, the doc said, “Promise me you’ll work hard.” I said, “I thought working hard is what got me here.” He said, “No, working is what will keep you alive.”

I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can. – Catherine the Great

There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.

Someone has defined genius as intensity of purpose: the ability todo, the patience to wait. Put these together and you have achievement.