Stephen R. Covey

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It’s easy to say no! when there’s a deeper yes! burning inside.

There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Accountability breeds responsibility.

Lack of direction not lack of time is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

You’ve got to say, “I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough, I can have it.” It’s called perseverance.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

Private victories precede public victories. You can’t invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.

Make every day extraordinary no matter what your job is.

Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Some people make things happen, some people watch things happen, and some ask what happened.

Success is dependent upon the glands – sweat glands.

Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.