Simon Sinek Quotes

You cannot have strong leadership without passion.

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.

Some of our finest leaders were not intellectuals at all, and I admire them enormously because they weren't. Harry Truman wasn't.

The real leader holds the power, not just the position.

Many in positions of authority lack the capabilities to truly lead. They are not credible. They do not command genuine respect. They are not committed to serve. They are not continually learning and growing. They are not wise.

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.

The quality of a good leader therefore is his vision, tenacity, and his capability.

Be the leader you wish you had.

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.

Though leadership may be hard to define, the one characteristic common to all leaders is the ability to make things happen.

Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.

Poor leaders push us towards the goal. Great leaders guide us through the journey.

People would say 'Who is a leader?' A leader is a person that does the work. It's very simple. It's a personal choice for people who choose to put in their time and their commitment to do the work. It's a personal choice.

Earn your leadership every day.

Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.

To be an excellent leader, you have to be a superb follower.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character.