Stephen R. Covey

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

Time management is really a misnomer; the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

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

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you’ll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

I like to keep mobile. It keeps my mind awake.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

Dream big and kick ass.

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.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

If you’re going to have to swallow a frog, you don’t want to have to look at that sucker too long!

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

Sometimes Tina Fey is like a very talented bungee-jumping expert. All it takes Tina to softly say, ‘We can do this, right?’ and I suddenly feel like I can jump off a bridge.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun ‘at work’ and getting paid for it!

You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Accept the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.