But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

— Stephen R. Covey

Churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that surround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply.

— Stephen R. Covey

Courage isn't absence of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important

— Stephen R. Covey

Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

— Stephen R. Covey

Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

— Stephen R. Covey

He (Anwar Sadat) records that he was almost loath to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that real success is success with self. It’s not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

— Stephen R. Covey

How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.

— Stephen R. Covey

I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,

— Stephen R. Covey

I believe that days one and two for most of us involve getting more control over the body-such as getting to be early, arising early, exercising regularly, eating in moderation, staying at our work when necessary even when tired. Too many are trying to conquer higher weaknesses such as procrastination, impatience or pride while still being slaves to their appetites. If we can’t control the body and its appetites, how can we control our tongues, or overcome the emotions or anger, envy, jealousy, or hatred?

— Stephen R. Covey

I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with.

— Stephen R. Covey