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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.
--Stephen R. Covey

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
--Stephen R. Covey

People are not truly self-governing unless they are free to fail.
--Stephen R. Covey

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
--Stephen R. Covey

Management works in the system. Leadership works on the system.
--Stephen R. Covey

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
--Stephen R. Covey

One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
--Stephen R. Covey First Things First

Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things. Excellence and victory are conceptually different and are experienced differently.
--Stephen R. Covey

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
--Stephen R. Covey

Contrary to most of our scripting, to win does not mean somebody else has to lose
--Stephen R. Covey First Things First

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it, and appropriately act on it.
--Stephen R. Covey First Things First

Some people have called feedback the breakfast of champions. But it isn't the breakfast, it's the lunch. Vision is the breakfast. Self-correction the dinner.
--Stephen R. Covey First Things First

The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
--Stephen R. Covey First Things First

Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives
--Stephen R. Covey

Private victories precede public victories
--Stephen R. Covey