Sean Covey Quotes - Page 2

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

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.

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.

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

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

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.

The following is a list of statements made many years ago by experts in their fields. At the time they were said they sounded intelligent. With the passing of time, they sound idiotic.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

If you're planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: 'I'm looking forward to low-paying jobs for the rest of my life.'

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.

You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.

The average teen today spends about 35 hours a week in front of a screen of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there.

My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn't know which end to spank.