Sean Covey Quotes

Having the courage to say no when all your friends are saying yes is one of the most difficult things you’ll ever have to do. Doing it, however, is one of the biggest charges you can ever make to your personal battery. I call this ‘won’t power.’

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It’s called free agency or free will, and it’s your birthright.

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.

Make as many friends as you can, but don’t build your life on them alone. It’s an unstable foundation.

We are free to choose our paths, but we can’t choose the consequences that come with them.

One of the few things that can’t be recycled is wasted time.

Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

You shouldn’t feel guilty about taking time for yourself. Every so often, everyone needs to give themselves a big ol’ bear hug and treat themselves to some TLC.

We become what we repeatedly do.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.

Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What’s in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

If you could envision the type of person God intended you to be, you would rise up and never be the same again.

Ultimately, you choose to be happy or miserable. The reality is that although you are free to choose, you can’t choose the consequences of your choices. They’re preloaded. It’s a package deal.

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.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

It’s hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don’t want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey

If you decide to just go with the flow, you’ll end up where the flow goes, which is usually downhill, often leading to a big pile of sludge and a life of unhappiness. You’ll end up doing what everyone else is doing.

Although I’m a retired teenager, I remember what it was like to be one. I could have sworn I was riding an emotional roller coaster most of the time. Looking back, I’m actually amazed that I survived. Barely.

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn’t read is not better off than the person who can’t.

Saying ‘yes’ to one thing means saying ‘no’ to another. That’s why decisions can be hard sometimes.