Quotes about Growth
In fact, our most difficult experiences become the crucibles that forge our character and develop the internal powers, the freedom to handle difficult circumstances in the future and to inspire others to do so as well.
— 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 become principle-centered without first being aware of your paradigms and understanding how to shift them and align them with principles.
— Stephen Covey
To change the situation, you must first change yourself. To change yourself, you must first change your perceptions.
— 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
He realized that real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.
— Stephen Covey
And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
— Stephen Covey
The wisdom literature of thousands of years of history repeatedly validates the reality that the greatest fulfillment in improving ourselves comes in our empowerment to more effectively reach out and help others. Quality of life is inside-out.
— Stephen Covey
I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory.
— Stephen Covey
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts
— Stephen Covey
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny," the maxim goes. Habits are powerful factors
— Stephen Covey