Quotes from Simon Sinek

Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more

True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.

Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.

We very often confuse personality with leadership.

The responsibility of leadership is not to come up with all the ideas but to create an environment in which great ideas can thrive.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.

Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.

We can rationalize anything and easily quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.

Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.

Leadership is like parenting.

If you're not remarkable, you're invisible.

Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can't see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.

The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do.

Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.

It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

Multi-millionaires who pay half or less than half of the percentage of tax the rest of us pay justify their actions by saying they pay what the law requires. Though true, the fact is they found ways within the law to beat the purpose of the law - which, in the case of taxes, is that we all pay our fair share.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it and what you do simply proves what you believe.

Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.