Stephen Covey Quotes

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

Hargrave made me mature. It made me grow up, and I needed that.

Some people are just born human, the rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.

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.

It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

I have a lot of responsibilities, but I don't think I've grown up.

It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

Self-realization is great.

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

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

I think this movie, 'Moneyball,' symbolizes becoming a man for me, and I think my character becomes a man. It's important to me: I'm becoming a man. I'm taking my life seriously. I'm taking my acting really seriously, and it's important for me to play adults. It's important for me to change and develop as I get older.

Before you can do something you must first be something.