Stephen Covey Quotes

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

The 6 Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

Vision without execution is delusion.

Execution without a long term strategy leads nowhere. Likewise a long term strategy without execution leads nowhere.

I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

Any system or blueprint for success is better than none at all. Think on paper.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!