Quotes from Stephen Covey

Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.

Trust is a competency. It's something you can get good at. It's a strength you personally, and your team and your company can master. Being good at it will elevate every other strength you have.

Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.

Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can't trust one another there's going to be trouble.

Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.

Trust is the glue in relationships and organizations

A moment of choice is a moment of truth.

The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.