Stephen R. Covey Quotes

13 quotes from Stephen R. Covey on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.

On investing

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
Your economic security does not lie in your job; it lies in your own power to produce- to think, to learn, to create, to adapt. That's true financial independence. It's not having wealth; it's having the power to produce wealth. It's intrinsic.
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

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.
I am not a product of my circumstances I am a product of my decisions.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Through real-life stories, Kristin Kaufman illustrates the core idea of being present in the moment and opening oneself up to new ideas in order to become an authentic leader in life.
The PC principle is to always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.

I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of the individual person.
Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.
I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,.
Where westand depends on where we sit.