Stephen Covey Quotes

Knowing where you're going is all you need to get there.

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

You can have the best product in the world, you can have the best motivation in the world, you can have best education in the world, you can have all the money in the world - but if you don't have direction, you'll never go anywhere.

All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.

I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You can't make your vision come to life unless you outline each goal-driven step at a time. And you can't reach your full potential unless you plan how to make the most of your purpose and passion. When you look around and see people who are the captains of their ship, invariably they have taken pains to chart their successful course through life.

If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.

We must be clear about where we’re going if we want anyone to help us get there.

Goals. There's not telling what you can do when you get inspired by them.

All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

You've got to have a vision and an intention and that will guide what you do. I call it devotion. Ask yourself, "Is this not moving me toward where we need to be?" I believe that's helpful because a vision pulls you forward and it keeps you focused. A vision for the day, for the week, for the month and a lifelong vision - whatever works for you. And then you govern your activities and your behaviors accordingly.

What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have

If you have no destination, you'll never get there.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

I have heard it said that living out of our vision is more powerful than living out of our circumstance. Holding on to a vision invokes the circumstances by which the vision is achieved. Vision is content; material circumstances mere form.

Goals are a preview of future events and experiences in your life.

A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

Know your goal, make a plan and pull the trigger