Stephen Covey Quotes

I don't think I deviated from what I'm all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

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.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

Purpose has to do with one's calling - deciding what business you are in as a person.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

I have values I believe in and certain things I stand for.

My faith is my life. It defines me. My faith doesn’t influence my decisions; it drives them.

The personal mission statement was important for me because I believe that you can't lead others unless you have a strong sense of who you are and what you stand for.

If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble.

Getting in touch with your life purpose is important.

Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others.

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

I know who I am, I know what I'm for, and I know what I'm willing to fight for.

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

If you don’t know your purpose, discover it, now. The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and minimize distractions and detours.

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

I am strong-willed, and I am driven, and I am passionate... but I don't have... a central cause... a motivating cause, I don't know what that would be... other than trying to tell the truth when I work.

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do

Me, I say those are all great things to live for, if they're what happens to float your boat, but at the end of the day, there's got to be somebody you're doing it for. Just one person you're thinking of everytime you make a decision, everytime you tell the truth, or tell a lie, or anything. I've got mine. Do you?