Shaun King Quotes

Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

Building up an organisation is like starting a social movement. At the center of everything is the core team. I have the honor of working with some phenomenal people at Purpose who are at the top of their fields. That energy and common purpose among the team is what inspires me and where the magic happens.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills and determination to their work. I urge you to lend them your support so that, together, we can build that bright future worthy of our country.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.

There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority.

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.

Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

Philosophers have interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it

Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. Develop an innovative solution and work as a team to make it happen.

Leadership requires a blend of strategy, persuasion, inspiration and motivation. It is based on respect more than fear.

To be a leader is to be awake and dissatisfied at all times. Leadership is action. Leadership is influence

Somehow, the guys in power have to be reached by counter-power, or through a change in their hearts and minds, or change will not come.