Leadership Quotes

"A weak leader likes to tell us how many people work for them. A great leader is humbled to tell us how many people they work for."

- Simon Sinek

"Too many modern companies have replaced a person with a number and mistakenly called that number a customer."

- Simon Sinek

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

- Simon Sinek

"If we want people to speak to us honestly, we must be willing to honestly listen."

- Simon Sinek

"The joy of leadership comes from seeing others achieve more than they thought they were capable of."

- Simon Sinek

"So goes the leader, so goes the culture. So goes the culture, so goes the company."

- Simon Sinek

"The more people you inspire, the more people will inspire you."

- Simon Sinek

"A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for."

- Simon Sinek

"We achieve more when we chase the dream instead of the competition."

- Simon Sinek

"Leadership is not about the height of our position, but the power of our influence."

- Colonel Nicole Malachowski

"Everyone has the chance to lead if they choose to take what they've been given and make something extraordinary happen."

- Nido Qubein

"The most important currency of leadership is time. If you commit your time to your people and create an atmosphere and perception of fairness, you will earn their respect."

- Terrance E. Deal

"Focus on long-term success, but be willing to make short-term adjustments to get there."

- Simon Sinek

"For a Cause to be Just, it must be durable, resilient and timeless."

- Simon Sinek

"Pure pragmatism can’t imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can’t get anything done. It’s when the two cooperate that magic happens."

- Simon Sinek

"It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own."

- Simon Sinek

"Work ethic is giving great effort to complete a task. Passion is giving great effort to advance a Cause."

- Simon Sinek

"That idea is so fantastic. Stop talking about it and do it."

- Simon Sinek

"A leader must be inspired by people before a leader can inspire people."

- Simon Sinek

"Stop looking for a course of action and instead become obsessed with understanding the cause of action."

- Simon Sinek

"When in doubt, be yourself."

- Simon Sinek

"Good leaders share the credit when things go well and take responsibility when things go badly."

- Simon Sinek

"To get the best advice, it’s better to talk to a few people personally than it is to talk to a lot of people digitally."

- Simon Sinek

"When we try to please everyone, we end up pleasing no one…least of all, ourselves."

- Simon Sinek

"Greatness happens when the person with the wild imagination collaborates with the person who knows how to get things done."

- Simon Sinek

"When we focus on the competition, we become reactive. When we focus on improving ourselves, we become innovative."

- Simon Sinek

"Leaders take the risk to trust first."

- Simon Sinek

"To be innovative, we can’t look to what others have done. The whole idea of blazing a path is that there was no path there before."

- Simon Sinek

"Mature companies fail because they forget why they were born."

- Simon Sinek

"We don't need a title to lead. We just need people to care. We would rather follow a leader with a heart than a leader with a title."