Simon Sinek Quotes

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

Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

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

What is a company that believes in good, clean family entertainment doing making R-rated pictures.

What I'm doing is obeying the law of diffusion of innovations.

Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.

Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.

When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.

If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.

Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.

Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.

Words may inspire, but only ACTION creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident - we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.

Leadership is not achieved by an individual. Leadership is bestowed by the group.

We must all try to empathize before we criticize. Ask someone what's wrong before telling them they are wrong.

Don't give to get. Give to inspire others to give.

Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value is determined by those who choose to pay it.

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

Life changes for the better when we realize that we don't have to know everything and we don't have to pretend we do.

The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.

Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right

The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the work they inspire others to do.

We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.

We can make up for lost money, but we can't make up for lost time.

We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.

Don't show up to prove. Show up to improve.

Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.

Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.

Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.

The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.

What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.

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.

Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders.

When we accept the fact that we can't do everything, we are more willing to ask for and accept help when we do anything.

I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets.

Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.

Complaining begets more complaints. Anger begets more anger. And optimism begets more optimism.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.

Every one of us has the capacity to lead.

Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.

Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.

No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud.

We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

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

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.

Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!