Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa?… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The true value of a leader is not measured by the work they do. A leader's true value is measured by the… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A good leader takes care of those in their charge. A bad leader takes charge of those in their care. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves,… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“When you are with Marines gathering to eat, you will notice that the most junior are served first and the most senior are served… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence. If… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Followers want to be taken care of. Leaders want to take care of others. We can all be leaders. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Goethe, the great nineteenth-century thinker, reportedly summed up, “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“When a WHY goes fuzzy, it becomes much more difficult to maintain the growth, loyalty and inspiration that helped drive the original success. By… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Without the protection of our leaders, everyone outside the inner circle is forced to work alone or in small tribes to protect and advance… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Instead of showing up to let everyone know how great we are, show up to find out how great everyone else is. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
