Stephen Covey Quotes

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

It's human nature to want to keep going, but you have to fight against the "I'm just gonna keep doing it" when you know the possibility of not looking great on the way out.

Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

I thought that if I was able to change myself, I would be more successful.

The motivation to do anything - like change your entire life around - doesn't just come from some magical, mystical place within you. Action is both the effect of motivation and the cause of it.

It's extremely tough, going day-to-day, not knowing really what you're working for, but for me, I just learned how to set small goals for myself.

I'm a perfectionist and I've always been interested in growing and I think that has given me the mental fortitude to continue.

Moral #1: "If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life." Moral #2: Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

One thing I noticed when I was young was I was impatient for success. I think everybody is impatient for success. It will come. But don't - you shouldn't let that impatience drive you crazy.

I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges for myself.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

I like to challenge myself.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

I've developed a self-discipline since the time I was a child.

I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.