Sean Covey Quotes
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I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself
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A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.
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Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.
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Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.
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Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation.
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The following is a list of statements made many years ago by experts in their fields. At the time they were said they sounded intelligent. With the passing of time, they sound idiotic.
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Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.
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Small changes can make huge destination differences.
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Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.
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All the events of your past have formed a lens, or paradigm, through which you see the world. And since no one's past is exactly like anyone else's, no two people see alike.
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One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.
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Now think deeply. What have you done with your life over the past year? How do you feel inside?
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Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?
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I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.
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We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.
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You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.
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My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.
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The average teen today spends about 35 hours a week in front of a screen of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there.
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Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.
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If you're planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: 'I'm looking forward to low-paying jobs for the rest of my life.'
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The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job.
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Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on.
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Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.
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We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.