613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

If you don’t know yourself, if you don’t control yourself, if you don’t have mastery over yourself, it’s very hard to like yourself, except in some short-term, psych-up, superficial way.

Internal victories precede external victories.

Distinguish between the person and the behavior or performance.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities – that is values, goals, and high leverage activities – organize around them.

Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.

It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.

Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.