Patrick Lencioni Quotes

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

I think I'm a good judge of character.

I can tell very quickly when people are lying.

People ask me a question, I'll give them my opinion. I never claimed to have all the answers.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.

I'm not very wise to many things.

I know I have pretty good instincts.

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Everyone complains of his memory, but no one complains of his judgment.

Some people have more sense than other people think they have.

The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see.

The way I knew I was right about something was the kids got angry. That's very important: you touch that anger.

I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.

Sometimes I'm gullible; sometimes I'm not.

If every player is on the left, and I am on the right, you need to trust me that I have seen something the other players have not seen.

To one who said, "I do not believe that there is an honest man in the world," another replied, "It is impossible that any one man should know all the world, but quite possible that one may know himself."

When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.