Stephen Covey Quotes

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.

the process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

We can all become better than we are.

My character, Charlotte, is very confident, and I try to be more like my character in real life. Not that I'm not confident, but I've really found my personal growth through work.

Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, or it may be quite low and insufficient; yet in all men, that really seek to improve, it is better than the actual character... Man never falls so low, that he can see nothing higher than himself.

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

Instead of looking for the right person become the right person.

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

There are any number of conditions as to why your life didn't turn out the way you intended it to. My whole philosophy has always been that there is no way to change anything else in the world if you don't have the capacity to change yourself.

Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity.

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world: you? To live right, you have to exercise, have goals and challenges.

I don't care about a golfer. I don't care about getting better as a golfer. I want to be better as a person.

Let each person in relationship worry about Self-what Self is being, doing, and having; what Self is wanting, asking, giving; what Self is seeking, creating, experiencing, and all relationships would magnificently serve their purpose-and their participants!

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.

If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.