Quotes about Progress
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It's inside-out.
— Stephen Covey
The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.
— Stephen Covey
What contributions, what achievements will you want to have made in your field
— Stephen Covey
More important than how fast you're going, is where you're headed.
— Stephen Covey
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
— Stephen Covey
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control—myself.
— Stephen Covey
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
— Stephen Covey
You can't have the fruits without the roots.
— Stephen Covey
Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
— Stephen Covey
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory.
— Stephen Covey
When we really, deeply understand each other, we open the door to creative solutions and third alternatives. Our differences are no longer stumbling blocks to communication and progress. Instead, they become the stepping stones to synergy.
— Stephen Covey
Out of his private victories, public victories began to come.
— Stephen Covey