Stephen Covey Quotes

When everyone is buying into a system and puts their ego to the side, that's when greatness happens.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it.

We believe in satisfying our own needs but always considering others.

The rider and the team need to understand one another and work in the same direction. Then the rider's happy, and only then will the rider be able to give 100%.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

The musicians are really on board, they're doing a great job together. There is some kind of a good chemistry, I would say affectionate chemistry and it's a huge promise of success.

One of the crucial things to the story of 'Harry Potter's' success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody.

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

I learned early on that success is best if it is shared.

… what can be more honorable than gladly to acquiesce in the prosperity of all men?...

We just had a bunch of guys who liked each other, and we worked well together and sacrificed to win ball games. It was a real team effort.

In sports, a team is surrounded with people with different backgrounds, with different races, and with different religions. In order to win, everybody comes together. I feels like that's what the U.S.A. represents. Everyone just has to come together in order to win.

If we put our differences aside, we can do great things.

Another writer might question whether you're feeling competitive. But if I talk to Jonah, I know that he truly values my success more than his own. And I truly value his success more than my own. There's a generosity there.