Stephen Covey Quotes

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

Getting up early is one of the gifts I give myself.

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

I always make time for the things that are important to me.

We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an external push to make us have a good time. In both cases, our future self will appreciate the help.

I'm very competitive with myself. I'm a scheduler.

I grew up while I was in college. I learned how to take care of myself. I learned how to prioritize things. I learned how to get things done.

If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything

Did you do every single thing you could today, to be your best?

So it's always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It's hard for me to be disciplined and plan things.

You've just got to focus on what you have to do.

Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Avoiding the phrase 'I don't have time...', will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits of work.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.