Stephen Covey Quotes

I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.

I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.

I want, overall, to trust what I know is right. There have been many times when I haven't.

I'm measuring my actions against that inner voice that for me at least is audible, is active, it tells me where I think I'm on track and where I think I'm off track.

When I make decisions based on other circumstances, things don't necessarily go so well. So sometimes, even if something seems commercially tempting, I've learned that if it's not what's in your heart, it's probably not what you should do.

He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it.

I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it's always a good move to listen to that inner voice... if it doesn't lead to a crime

Look inside yourself for the answers - you're the only one who knows what's best for you. Everybody else is only guessing.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

Never be too busy to listen to your instinctive feelings when something feels wrong.

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut.

Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it's important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.

If you listen to everybody's opinions, I mean, I always say I'd be digging a ditch on the side of the road now if I had listened to what everybody told me what to do. You know, you have to follow your heart, you have to.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I forfeited my ability to listen creatively to my deepest self, to my own God within.

Trusting your gut is always the best thing - no matter what people around you insist you should be doing or saying or thinking. Only you know and once you live in truth, your heart is completely free.

If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.

Your inner knowing is your only true compass.

Only do what your heart tells you.

Let me listen to me and not to them.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.