Sean Covey Quotes

Sean Covey is an American author, motivational speaker, and publishing executive providing business leadership and time management educational tools for organizations and individuals. He is known for writing motivational books for children and teens. His international best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is based on the principles of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which was written by his father, Stephen Covey. His follow-up book, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, became a New York Times Best Seller.

✵ 17. September 1964

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Famous Sean Covey Quotes

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

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“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.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“All the events of your past have formed a lens, or paradigm, through which you see the world. And since no one's past is exactly like anyone else's, no two people see alike.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

Sean Covey Quotes

“We become what we repeatedly do.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

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

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

Education , Reading , Personality

“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?”

Sean Covey

Life

“It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

For Parents , Parent

“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.”

Sean Covey

Pain , Suffering

“Small changes can make huge destination differences.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

Change

“Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

People , Flowers , Waiting , Dead

“A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“Now think deeply.
What have you done with your life over the past year?
How do you feel inside?”

Sean Covey

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

Life , Feeling , Thinking , Past

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