Stephen Covey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.”

“A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.”

“A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.”

“You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.”

“The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.”

“An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.”

“It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.”

“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.”

“If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.”

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