Spike Jonze Quotes

Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.

There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Political courage is not political suicide.

People realized that I'm willing to stand up for things that I believe in, despite the political consequences and overwhelming pressure.

Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared!

Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

You can't let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.

Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.