Simon Sinek Quotes

1. “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.”

— Simon Sinek

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2. “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.”

— Simon Sinek

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3. “Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.”

— Simon Sinek

4. “Words may inspire but only action creates change.”

— Simon Sinek

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5. “Progress is more important than perfection.”

— Simon Sinek

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6. “Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”

— Simon Sinek

7. “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.”

— Simon Sinek

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8. “Be the leader you wish you had.”

— Simon Sinek

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9. “A small team, committed to a cause bigger than themselves, can achieve absolutely anything.”

— Simon Sinek

10. “Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.”

— Simon Sinek

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11. “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.”

— Simon Sinek

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12. “Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.”

— Simon Sinek

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13. “Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.”

— Simon Sinek

14. “The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.”

— Simon Sinek

15. “Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give.”

— Simon Sinek

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16. “Don’t show up to prove. Show up to improve.”

— Simon Sinek

17. “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.”

— Simon Sinek

18. “Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.”

— Simon Sinek

19. “The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.”

— Simon Sinek

20. “Greatness starts with a clear vision of the future.”

— Simon Sinek

21. “Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more.”

— Simon Sinek

22. “When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.”

— Simon Sinek

23. “You are authentic when everything you say and everything you do you ACTUALLY believe.”

— Simon Sinek

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

— Simon Sinek

25. “When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.”

— Simon Sinek

26. “Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn’t said.”

— Simon Sinek

27. “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.”

— Simon Sinek

28. “Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders – in that order.”

— Simon Sinek

29. “Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.”

— Simon Sinek

30. “There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.”

— Simon Sinek

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

— Simon Sinek

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32. “The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.”

— Simon Sinek

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33. “Great leaders don’t see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.”

— Simon Sinek

34. “Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.”

— Simon Sinek

35. “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears.”

— Simon Sinek

36. “There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.”

— Simon Sinek

37. “Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right.”

— Simon Sinek

38. “It’s better to have a great team than a team of greats.”

— Simon Sinek

39. “Martin Luther King gave the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, not the ‘I Have a Plan’ speech.”

— Simon Sinek

40. “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others; it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”

— Simon Sinek

41. “A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.”

— Simon Sinek

42. “There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.”

— Simon Sinek

43. “A boss who micromanages is like a coach who wants to get in the game. Leaders guide and support and then sit back to cheer from the sidelines.”

— Simon Sinek

44. “The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.”

— Simon Sinek

45. “We’d achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.”

— Simon Sinek

46. “Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.”

— Simon Sinek

47. “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”

— Simon Sinek

48. “No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot.”

— Simon Sinek

49. “A culture is strong when people work with each other, for each other. A culture is weak when people work against each other, for themselves.”

— Simon Sinek

50. “If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.”

— Simon Sinek