Simon Sinek Quotes

I don’t care about risk, honestly. The riskiest thing to do is not to act. I would far rather try and fail than fail not trying.

You can't be disappointed unless you try something to be disappointed over.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.

Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."

I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say.

I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.

If you want to do things – to change things – you must run the risk of not succeeding.

I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.

It's better to have tried and failed than never tried, you can rest easy knowing you gave it a go.

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

If you don't start, it is certain you won't arrive.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.