Stephen R. Covey

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

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

Priority is a function of context.

It’s a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

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

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.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself, “Nothing is impossible!!!”

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.

Take time to be kind and to say ‘thank you.’

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

Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!

I only work with the best.

Do not attempt to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

The world moves along at such a fast clip that we have little patience when things are slow, whether it’s the line at a supermarket or Internet access. We’ve become intolerant of those things that cannot be accelerated or skipped entirely. I can’t speed up the foundation work for a building, nor can I expect to play piano like Glenn Gould just because I want to.

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