613 Quotes by Stephen R. Covey

The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.

The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one, talk to the one, regard the one, serve the one. If you are sincere and constant, you will discover that gradually your influence with the many will be magnified.

It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect.

I think the most significant work we’ll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another there’s going to be trouble.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.

We can’t live without eating, but we don’t live to eat.