Stephen Covey Quotes

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

Every time you think the problem is ‘out there,’ that very thought is the problem.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.

Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves – who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

It’s amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home’s potential for positive influence.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

We become what we repeatedly do.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Live out of your imagination, not your history.