Stephen Covey

“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

“Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.”

“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”

“An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.”

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.”

“A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.”

“If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.”

“We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.”

“If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.”

“The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.”

“When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.”

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”

“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

“There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.”

“Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.”

“If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.”

“It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.”

“Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

“If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.”