Seth Godin Quotes
Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
Quotes to Explore
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
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I'm not musical myself.
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I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.
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Leadership does matter.
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The nation's chronic weakness is its political system, which is nearing dysfunction. If the U.S. can elect better political leadership, it should be able to manage problems better than most competitors.
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I was lost before I found her in my dreams, and she found me that day in the rain. I knew it seemed like I was always the one trying to save Lena, but the truth was she had saved me, and I wasn't ready for her to stop now.
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Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
