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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect."

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

"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities."

"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."

"The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history."

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

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

"We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice."

"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."

"We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles."

"When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems."

"Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you."