Stephen Covey Quotes

Mama was a stickler on keeping your word. That's helped me to make the right decisions in so many situations. Because of that, I also think really hard before I make a decision because I know I'm going to have to see it through.

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

Integrity is doing what you said you would do. It means you keep your promises.

The value of a promise is the cost to you of keeping your word.

A winner fulfills his contract with the world and with himself. That is, he sets out to do something, says that he is committed to doing it, and in the long run does it.

People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.

I'm not used to saying I'm gonna do something and i don't do it.

My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

I will never break the word of a prince spoken in a public place, for my honor's sake.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called upon to perform what we cannot.

The general population protect themselves by keeping promises

I can ruin my own career, but I will not ruin anyone elses' career with my mouth.

People are supposed to be responsible.

That's a big thing for me, being a guy that upholds himself to a high standard.