Stephen Covey Quotes

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

If you want to be the best salesperson, first you must be the best person.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.

"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's Oath.

Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.

One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.

You may fill your heads with knowledge or skillfully train your hands, but unless it is based upon high, upright character, upon a true heart, it will amount to nothing. You will be no better than the most ignorant.

Be thou good thyself, and let people speak evil of thee; it is better than to be wicked, and that they should consider thee as good.

New habits make new horizons. Silently and imperceptibly you are forming habits which will ultimately determine the degree of your happiness and success. Closely guard the quality of your thoughts, that they may lead to right habits and thence to right living. Recognize and use such supreme qualities as courage, faith, humility, loyalty, temperance, and integrity.

Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.

All the fame and fortune, glory and prestige, can't make me happy if it goes against what I believe.

There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don't have.

Character is perfectly educated will.

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.

I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.

Stay true to your values.

I've always been a good person, but I wanna be, like, the best person.