Stephen R. Covey

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

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.

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

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

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

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

The successful entrepreneur’s unique ability to turn trying times into triumphs.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.

Rules are meant to be broken.

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Success is…knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small amount of Are makes a small amount of heat.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.