Simon Sinek Quotes

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I've learned that failure will always come. I've learned to give it a big squeeze, smile at it, humble myself to it and then use it as a springboard to send me on my way to strength, success, and fulfillment.

I built a career out of knowing what I don't know.

I have found progress, personal growth, and new and exciting opportunities in my failure. I've grown more comfortable with the fact that in certain circumstances, I'm the person in the room who knows the least about what's going on.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

We learn nothing by being right.

I tell you what I love - and I think you get better as you get older - when you're younger and you don't know what you don't know, you tend to talk more about what you think you know. You shut out the opportunity to learn what you don't know.

I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.

Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when we are winning and on top of the world.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time but after some reflection. I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever.

The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.

Every day feels like just starting out because I still have so much more to learn.

Every opportunity I got, I took it as a learning experience.

To a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.

Success can be a horrible teacher.

I am always open to learning. I am always open to adapting myself to a new role and a new position.

I have learnt many things, but there's more to learn. Every day is a new start.

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.