Top 500 Simon Sinek Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “Employees represent an opportunity to inspire not a burden to carry.”

— Simon Sinek

252. “Make it about them, not about you.”

— Simon Sinek

253. “Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people ‘feel’ heard. They ‘feel’ that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.”

— Simon Sinek

254. “Henry Ford summed it up best. “If I had asked people what they wanted,” he said, “they would have said a faster horse.”

— Simon Sinek

255. “A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.”

— Simon Sinek

256. “There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.”

— Simon Sinek

257. “Systems and processes are essential to keep the crusade going, but they should not replace the crusade.”

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258. “The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.”

— Simon Sinek

259. “Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find.”

— Simon Sinek

260. “Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.”

— Simon Sinek

261. “Offer your strengths to others and you’ll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.”

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262. “The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success.”

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263. “We have no choice, we must all die. How we live, however, is entirely of our choosing.”

— Simon Sinek

264. “When we point to obstacles we inhibit progress. When we offer solutions we advance.”

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265. “The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.”

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266. “Cultures are groups of people who come together around a common set of values and beliefs. When we share values and beliefs with others, we form trust. Trust of others allows us to rely on others to help protect our children and ensure our personal survival.”

— Simon Sinek

267. “New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them.”

— Simon Sinek

268. “It’s important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say ‘Hi.’ It doesn’t have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.”

— Simon Sinek

269. “The big picture doesn’t just come from distance; it also comes from time.”

— Simon Sinek

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

— Simon Sinek

271. “Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measured and they are not always immediate. Leadership is always a commitment to human beings.”

— Simon Sinek

272. “There are many ways to motivate people to do things, but loyalty comes from the ability to inspire people.”

— Simon Sinek

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

— Simon Sinek

274. “Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.”

— Simon Sinek

275. “If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.”

— Simon Sinek

276. “There are leaders, and there are those who lead.”

— Simon Sinek

277. “We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.”

— Simon Sinek

278. “Leadership is always about people.”

— Simon Sinek

279. “Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.”

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280. “Most politicians are not authentic.”

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281. “Would anybody be offended if we gave a $150 million bonus to Gandhi? How about a $250 million bonus to Mother Teresa? Do we have an issue with that? None at all. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.”

— Simon Sinek

282. “The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.”

— Simon Sinek

283. “If you talk about what you believe, you will attract those who believe what you believe.”

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284. “Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired.”

— Simon Sinek

285. “We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.”

— Simon Sinek

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

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287. “Because a true sense of purpose is deeply emotional, it serves as a compass to guide us to act in a way completely consistent with our values and beliefs. Purpose does not need to involve calculations or numbers. Purpose is about the quality of life. Purpose is human, not economic.”

— Simon Sinek

288. “The only way people will know what you believe is by the things you say and do, and if you’re not consistent in the things you say and do, no one will know what you believe.”

— Simon Sinek

289. “Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.”

— Simon Sinek

290. “We don’t necessarily find happiness in our jobs every day, but we can feel fulfilled by our work every day if it makes us feel part of something bigger than ourselves.”

— Simon Sinek

291. “A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.”

— Simon Sinek

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

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293. “To ask, “What’s best for me” is finite thinking. To ask, “What’s best for us” is infinite thinking.”

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294. “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.”

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295. “The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.”

— Simon Sinek

296. “In short, professional competence is not enough to be a good leader; good leaders must truly care about those entrusted to their care.”

— Simon Sinek

297. “We are only in charge when we are willing to let others take charge.”

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298. “Finding WHY is a process of discovery, not invention.”

— Simon Sinek

299. “Our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships.”

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300. “When you explain to people what you’re trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it’s just for that short time you’re on the phone.”

— Simon Sinek