Stephen Covey Quotes

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.

I'm better when I'm busy. I am happier. I am a bit useless when I'm not busy. I start thinking too much, which is never a good thing. When I'm busy I have a better perspective on what really matters - the priorities.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

Sometimes entrepreneurs, successful people, need to put their blinders back on. They're losing their day to distraction, to faulty obligations.

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

But as the business grows, you get more attention, and then you realize that the whole world is trying to get time from you. Which is amazing. But every time you give it to the world, you give less to what you’re doing.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.