Seth Godin Quotes

Leaders are people who ‘walk ahead,’ people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.

To act with confidence beyond the range of familiar beacons and to overcome society’s resistance requires aptitudes that are present in only a small fraction of the population.

Leaders must go ahead even when moving ahead is controversial. You must be ahead of time, because if you want to represent the status quo, what do you need leaders for?

I am The Catalyst of Change

Jobs was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside

Organizations that destroy the status quo win. Whatever the status quo is, changing it gives you the opportunity to be remarkable.

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.

You don't have to be a pastor to let your passion be felt and your voice heard. You just need to be willing to be the first one willing to die.

The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

Can we somehow muster the courage and steadfastness of purpose that characterized the pioneers of a former generation? Can you and I, in actual fact, be pioneers [today]?

A change of values - that means, a change of the creators of values. He who has to be a creator always has to destroy.

The world is starving for leaders who are not afraid to dismantle the sacred and precious beliefs, which hold us as prisoners of the past.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.

Just one great idea can completely revolutionize your life.

Bold has been my message to the people of the west, bolder is my message to you, my beloved countryman.

Quitting is leading too.

Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing.

If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow. And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.

When the time comes to change a paradigm--to renounce one bedrock truth and adopt another--the artist and physicist are most likely to be in the forefront.

In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

Make sure you have a vice president in charge of your revolution, to engender ferment among your more conventional colleagues.

It is new design by architects versus world revolution by political leadership.