All James C. Collins Quotes
- If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth… All
- We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a… Anything Else
- Good is the enemy of great. Enemy
- There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate.… Capitulate
- Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great. Companies
- It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy. Bright
- You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the… Brutal
- Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its… Compulsion
- Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless. Duality
- Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life. Easy
- If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any. Any
- The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get. Choices
- No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with… Anthem
- Dreams make you click, juice you, turn you on, excite the living daylights out of you. You cannot wait to get out of bed to… Bed
- Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to… Advance
- In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but… Absolutely
- If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I… Ability
- For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly… Achieve
- Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products.… Ability
- I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably… Artful
- Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.… Agree
- The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how… Ambition
- Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make… Big
- Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat. Bus
- Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind. Behind
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