Quotes by Stephen Richards Covey

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Ninety percent of the sales process is transferring feelings.

The biggest mistake I made was in thinking I could do everything myself.

Weakness is not the problem. The problem is staying weak.

The key to interpersonal effectiveness is independent thinking - coupled with interdependent behavior."

Man's greatest invention is the mind, if man can control his mind he can do anything within reason

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

Independence is the ability to stand alone, dependence is needing someone to stand with you. Interdependence is the beautiful realization that we can achieve more together than any of us could alone.

Synergy is the highest level of cooperation.

We are not products of our circumstances. We are products of our choices.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

True effectiveness begins with the end in mind.

Sharpening the saw means preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have - yourself.

Man's greatest invention is his ability to remake himself.

The key to interpersonal effectiveness is independent thinking - interdependent action.

Listen with your ears, but most importantly, listen with your heart.

Validity is a matter of private victory; value is a matter of public victory.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they are opportunity minded.

There is no failure except in giving up.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements.

Independence is the foundation. Dependence is the antithesis of proactivity.

The challenge is to be patient and persistent.

To live, learn, and leave a legacy is a life well lived.

Interdependence is a superior state to independence.

Synergy is not just 'adding' one plus one, it's getting a result of 'eleven'.

Everyone is created equal, but that doesn't mean everyone is created the same.

I would rather be understood than agreed with.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

The future depends on many things, but nothing more than on the education and empowerment of women.

Most of us spend too much time on the urgent and not enough time on the important.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but that doesn't mean two wrongs can't be forgiven.

There is a difference between being busy and being productive.

We are not the product of our circumstances. We are the product of our decisions."

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. That means that each time we make a choice, we are actually turning a knob, setting the direction a tiny bit towards character or away from it.