Simon Sinek Quotes

I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.

I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.

It's all about consistency, and what makes a child or a dog secure: order, clarity - all those things.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

I used to exercise an hour every day - no excuses. I live in absolutes: I either exercise every day, or I let myself off the hook. I'm trying to find that balance of working out three or four days a week and sticking to it.

Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.

Order and tidiness is the first law of Heaven.

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way.

I am very sure that my children thrive on structure and need boundaries. I know my children need to know what time they are going to bed or how many more minutes until they are leaving for school, and so I have imposed a structure that allows them to know where they are all day long, every day in life.

I do think from time to time that conceptual questions arise: What do we mean by equilibrium? What do we mean by this concept and that concept?

My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.

The best artists know what to leave out.

Steady.

You have to stay very basic. You have to stay very focused. You have to stay very disciplined.

I write when the baby is asleep or when I'm on the road I write a lot... There's always time to do it. It's like getting exercise.

Fitness is just like marriage: you cannot cheat on it and think it would benefit you. People need to incorporate it as part of their daily life.

Health is not attained in a day, you have to be consistent.

Good players on good teams don't get too high, don't get too low. They're even-keeled, and they go about their business the right way.

I don't want to get lost in everything. I just want to keep the same work ethic.

Routine is important to me and keeps me mentally and physically healthy.

When things are down, we can't hit the panic button, and when things are up, we can't relax. We've just got to stay consistent.