Quotes from Simon Sinek

I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.

You have to have a patience for exercise. You have to have a patience for college. You have to have a patience for relationships. Once the momentum gets going it takes on a life all of its own.

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 strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.

Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?

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

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it's bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

The ad industry thinks their clients are their customers. They think the companies who pay for the production are the ones they are supposed to serve. So the ads they produce make their clients happy... but infuriate the rest of us.

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.

Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.

We live in times of high stress. Messages that are simple, messages that are inspiring, messages that are life-affirming, are a welcome break from our real lives.

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.

TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.

Managers watch over our numbers, our time and our results. Leaders watch over us.

The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.

Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.

I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.