Stephen Covey Quotes

No one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.

Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow.

My feeling was, you plant some seeds. If they grow, great; if they don't, you don't take it personally. Not my problem; I just kept planting. Just like a farmer.

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years.

Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

One is that the perfect garden can be created overnight, which it can't.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

Great success doesn't come in short periods of time.