Simon Sinek Quotes

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you'll find the rest of the journey much easier.

Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don't know. The great leaders can't do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

Organizations should say and do the things they ACTUALLY believe.

There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

When or if we "quote, unquote" do not like our work, it is probably because we do not feel safe where we go to work. So when you say, what can we do?, the irony is that the best thing we can do is, well one option, is to quit.

Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.

Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.

Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

I'm simply following the journey.

I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

Be the leader you wish you had.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

Authorities act with themselves in mind. Leaders act with others in mind. Authorities take. Leaders give. Authorities die. Leaders live on.

You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.

Follow those who follow something bigger than themselves - an idea, a belief, a vision, a cause. Run away from those who say we need to follow them.

If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.

We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.

If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.

Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.

Unhealthy cultures create addiction. Healthy cultures create social bonds.

All these companies that grew to any sizable proportions were all founded with a belief or a cause bigger than their products or services. It was their products or services that helped them bring that cause to life.

Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.

There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders are those who hold a position of power or authority. But those who lead are those who inspire us. And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

It's the discipline to understand that the things that might make you rich or things might make you famous are sometimes worth pursuing and sometimes are not.

The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.

The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.

I'm very clear about what I believe.

True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.

Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find.

If someone's performance is down we do not say, 'Hey pick up your things here.' We do not yell and scream at them, we say, 'Are you okay?' The idea of putting our financials goal aside for one minute to express empathy for the human being for that work and saying, 'Are you okay?' That is part of the sacrifice.

We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.

Anyone who achieves any kind of success, however you want to define it, sometimes can't let go of it.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.

When a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees.

We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

Failure is not tied to money; it is a mindset. Failure is when we accept the lot we are given.