I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot. I'm interested in how do I inspire the people who are open-minded that there's a different way of seeing the world.

Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others.

It's always the organizations that are resource constrained that come up with the good ideas to win.

It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.

New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them

If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.

Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.

Follow those who follow something bigger than themselves - an idea, a belief, a vision, a cause. Run away from those who say we need to follow them.

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

Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.

Progress and innovation happen when you set unrealistic goals.

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others.

The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.

Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.

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

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

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.

When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

Good marketing offers us a view of the world. Bad marketing offers us a product to buy.

Before we can build the world we want to live in, we have to imagine it.

Givers advance the world. Takers advance themselves and hold the world back

A why has to be for others. It's something you give to the world. It's the reason your friends love you because this is the thing that you give them and it fulfills them. This is the reason your clients love you or your fans love you because you give them something. It's something to offer, that's what the why is.

Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.

Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.

Changing the world takes more than everything any one person knows, but not more than we know together.

If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.

Innovation is not born from the dream, innovation is born from the struggle

Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.

We'd achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.

Martin Luther King gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech, not the 'I Have a Plan' speech.

Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.

Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.