Stephen Covey Quotes

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.

Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.

It is such an uncertain universe out there that you have to create what I call 'real' options and develop capabilities that will enable you to deal with an environment that will change anyway.

I don't look further than next year because in our world, anything can happen.

One cannot plan for the unexpected.

The world is changing so quickly, it's hard to get anything right for long.

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work.

It's really impossible to project ahead even six months in this business.

I always tell people that my life is in pencil; I have to keep an eraser in my hand because I could always get a call that could change everything.

I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people.

There are never any absolutes in the fashion business: one day you may like black, and the next day you like colour. I think it's a good lesson that we should never believe too much in any one thing - because the next day it's out, and if we're stuck to it, we're out, too.

We cannot assume that past successes will insure future successes.

This plan is subject to change without notice as all plans are.

If we have as a clear certainty with which to plan, total uncertainty, then that would be helpful.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

You can't get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.

We simply have never been able to predict what our next challenge will be.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.

Berlin is all about volatility. Its identity is based not on stability but on change.

In this business, you can't make any plans.

Any business plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan.

Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.