Stephen Covey

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

Stephen Covey

We may be very busy, we may be very ‘efficient’, but we will also be truly ‘effective’ only when we begin with the end in mind.

Stephen Covey

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.

Stephen 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.

Stephen Covey

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

Stephen Covey

What is common sense isn’t common practice.

Stephen Covey

When relationships are strained and the air charged with emotion, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.

Stephen Covey

When we talk about time management, it seems ridiculous to worry about speed before direction, about saving minutes when we may be wasting years.

Stephen Covey

When we value correct principles, we have truth – a knowledge of things as they are.

Stephen Covey

When you live out of your memory, you focus on the past. When you live out of your imagination, you focus on the future.

Stephen Covey