“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.” ― Stephen Covey
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ― Stephen Covey
“Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.” ― Stephen Covey
“We are responsible for our own lives.” ― Stephen Covey
“When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that’s called ‘success’. But once you have a new challenge, the old, once-successful response no longer works. That’s why it is called a ‘failure’.” ― Stephen Covey
“A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make.” ― Stephen Covey
“I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions.” ― Stephen Covey
“Be a light not a judge. Be a model not a choice. be part of the solution not part of the problem.” ― Stephen Covey
“Leadership is a choice, not a position.” ― Stephen Covey
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.” ― Stephen Covey
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ― Stephen Covey
“Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.” ― Stephen Covey
“There are three constants in life – change, choice and principles.” ― Stephen Covey
“Put first things first.” ― Stephen Covey
“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.” ― Stephen Covey
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” ― Stephen Covey
“Accountability breeds response-ability.” ― Stephen Covey
“Make time for planning; Wars are won in the general’s tent.” ― Stephen Covey
“If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.” ― Stephen Covey
“What you do has greater impact than what you say.” ― Stephen Covey
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”” ― Stephen Covey
“It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.” ― Stephen Covey
“The only thing that endures over time is the Law of the Farm. You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water it if you expect to reap the harvest.” ― Stephen Covey
“You can change the fruit without changing the root.” ― Stephen Covey
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” ― Stephen Covey
”There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.
“Seek first to understand, and then to be understood.” ― Stephen Covey
“Courage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important.” ― Stephen Covey
“Start with the end in mind. ” ― Stephen Covey
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” ― Stephen Covey
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” ― Stephen Covey
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ― Stephen Covey
“Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.” ― Stephen Covey
“Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” ― Stephen Covey
“Once you have a clear picture of your priorities that is values, goals, and high leverage activities, organize your life around them.” ― Stephen Covey
“Think win-win.” ― Stephen Covey
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage – pleasantly, smiling, nonapoloegetically – to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.” ― Stephen Covey
“We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.” ― Stephen Covey
“The way we see the problem is the problem.” ― Stephen Covey
“Listen with your eyes for feelings.” ― Stephen Covey
“If you want to have a more pleasant,cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.” ― Stephen Covey
“Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.” ― Stephen Covey
“To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.” ― Stephen Covey
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. Most people listen with the intent to reply.” ― Stephen Covey
“Strength lies in differences not in similarities.” ― Stephen Covey
“Courage isn’t absent of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important.” ― Stephen Covey
