Quote

I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.

Stephen Covey

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
Made
Worthy
Mind
Serve
Private
Victory
Principles
Winning
Purposes
Purpose
Correct
Live
Commit

More quotes by Stephen Covey

Image
The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.
Stephen Covey
Image
The heart and soul of loving yourself is integrity and the peace of conscience it inspires.
Stephen Covey
Image
Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.
Stephen Covey
Image
We are product of neither nature nor nurture we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.
Stephen Covey
Image
We don't invent our missions, we detect them.
Stephen Covey
Image
Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow.
Stephen Covey
Image
Patience is emotional diligence.
Stephen Covey
Image
You always reap what you sow there is no shortcut.
Stephen Covey
Image
Highly effective people tend to be proactive. They decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.
Stephen Covey
Image
Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.
Stephen Covey
Image
Principle-centered people are constantly educated by their experiences.
Stephen Covey
Image
By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts all other centers in perspective.
Stephen Covey
Image
Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.
Stephen Covey
Image
You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop the pure desire, the strength of personal character, and the positive Emotional Bank Account, as well as the empathetic listening skills to do it.
Stephen Covey
Image
Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.
Stephen Covey
Image
Principles are the territory. Values are maps.
Stephen Covey
Image
It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
Stephen Covey
Image
Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
Stephen Covey
Image
As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.
Stephen Covey
Image
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success
Stephen Covey