347 Quotes by Jocko Willink

The leader is truly and ultimately responsible for everything.

The idea isn’t going to execute itself… You have to do and do it now.

The goal of all leaders should be to work themselves out of a job. When mentored and coached properly, the junior leader can eventually replace the senior leader, allowing the senior leader to move on to the next level of leadership.

The Darkness cannot extinguish your light. Your will, your determination. No matter what is happening—no matter how hard the fight is. As long as you keep fighting—you win.

The code. The evaluation. The protocols. Striving to become an eminently qualified human.

The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people – their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your ...

That is what aggression is to me: The unstoppable fighting spirit. The drive. The burning desire to achieve mission success using every possible tool, asset, and strategy and tactic to bring about victory. It is the will to win.

Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it … Start doing it.