613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

We tend to get what we expect – both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less.

Your systems are perfectly designed to get the results that you are getting.

It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy – very busy – without being very effective.

Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

Remember, technology is a great servant, but a terrible master.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.

If the big rocks don’t go in first, they aren’t going to fit in later.