Stephen R. Covey Quote

The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them. Self-denial is an essential element in overcoming all three temptations. One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers, in which idle men indulge themselves, said John Henry Newman. The worst education which teaches self-denial is better than the best which teaches everything else and not that, said Sterling. Making and keeping these three universal resolutions will accelerate our self-development and, potentially, increase our influence with others.