Top 548 Quotes & Sayings by Simon Sinek - Page 6

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

My challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible. My why is to inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that together we can change our world. That's why I wake up every single day. I'm agnostic to the form it takes: I teach, I write, I speak, I advise.

We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something.

If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.

Dr. King gave the "I have a dream" speech, not the "I have a plan" speech.

If I walk into a room of 500 people, my standard is, if I can't give 400 or 450 of you something, a language or a new way of seeing something, then I have failed. If I get 100 of you, I am a failure. I have to get a majority.

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.

Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.

What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.

Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

How can you help the human race progress?

I never set out to do the things I'm doing now.

Our vision is only actionable if we share it. Without sharing, it’s just a figment of our imagination.

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

Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

Look down from as high as possible. Look ahead as far as you can see. Then decide what to do.

All organizations start with WHY, but only the great ones keep their WHY clear year after year.

The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.

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.

Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.

When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.

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

Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.

And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to it that that leader’s vision comes to life the right way, a stable way and not the expedient way.

Leadership is about pointing in the direction, articulating a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Then asking help from others to insure that vision happens.

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.

Stories are our attempts to share our values & beliefs with the hopes that we may attract those who believe what we believe. This is the basis of forming a trusting relationship. Story telling, therefor, is only worthwhile when it tells what you stand for, not what you do.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.

If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.

We don't learn much when everything goes right. We learn the most when things go wrong.

New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them

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

Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.

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.

For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It's not "integrity," it's "always do the right thing." It's not "innovation," it's "look at the problem from a different angle." Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea - we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.

We have no choice, we must all die. How we live, however, is entirely of our choosing.

Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going.

Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get

When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.

Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.

Our struggles are the short term lessons we learn to achieve long term success.

We become leaders when we accept the responsibility to protect those in our care.

Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or belief - WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?

Those who fear the new are the ones who have mastered the old.

Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.

Never opt for change simply to leave something you don't like. Change works best when you go toward something, even if it is the unknown.

What you do simply proves what you believe.

A why has to be for others. It's something you give to the world. It's the reason your friends love you because this is the thing that you give them and it fulfills them. This is the reason your clients love you or your fans love you because you give them something. It's something to offer, that's what the why is.

When I present, I cheat. I only talk about things I care about.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

If you're not remarkable, you're invisible.