613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

Highly proactive people don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

If you say to one flower, ‘Grow,’ but you water another, the first one won’t grow.

Principles don’t die. They aren’t here one day and gone the next. They can’t be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

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.

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

If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.