613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people’s opinions or by comparisons to others.

The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.

Anything less then a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.

Everyone chooses one of two roads in life – the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men and women alike. One is the broad, well-traveled road to mediocrity, the other road to greatness and meaning.

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.