Stephen Covey Quotes

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

While the average person is home watching TV, the Leader Without a Title is in the gym getting stronger or at the library getting smarter or at the office getting better (or with their family growing kinder). Make this day count.

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was accomplished, and much was begun in us.

I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

The goal is to work as much as possible in projects I respect and that will help me grow.

I'm always trying to do things better than I've done them before, do them faster than I've done them before.

I want to use my time here at Arsenal to develop my strengths.

One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?

That man is idle who can do something better.

We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being.

Thou shalt ever joy at eventide if thou spend the day fruitfully.

Fields can lie fallow but we can't; we have less time.

Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit me at my landing, than practice such as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore.

you have to do more than just kill time or time will quickly kill you.

We need to start work with the idea that we’re going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.