Stephen R. Covey

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level ofthinking we were at when we created them. - Albert Einstein”

“He (Anwar Sadat) records that he was almost loathe to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that real success is success with self. It’s not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.”

“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.”

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”

“All of us are interested in things outside of our stewardships, and we should be, but the most important way to do anything about them is to magnify our own stewardships. When you focus on your own responsibility, you become relatively unconcerned with other peoples stewardships...The highest form of influence is to be a model, not a critic; a light, not a judge.”

“People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.”

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”

“There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.”

“I believe that days one and two for most of us involve getting more control over the body-such as getting to be early, arising early, exercising regularly, eating in moderation, staying at our work when necessary even when tired. Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can’t control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?”

“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.”

“A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”

“It comes from within.”

“All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.”

“People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.”

“Where westand depends on where we sit.”

“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”

“Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important”

“churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply.”

“to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”

“Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.”