Stephen R. Covey

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

Accountability breeds responsibility.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

The harder I work, the luckier I get. When you have momentum going, play the momentum.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.

I maintained my edge by always being a student; you will always have something new to learn.

Vision is the art of seeing things that are not yet visible.

We grow great by dreams.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is what the majority of men do. That is why the majority is just ordinary.

Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature. Be better than anyone here. And don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

Moving from survival to stability, from stability to success, from success to significance.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Don’t be trapped by dogma-which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.