Sergio Marchionne Quotes

“We all tend to filter the world around us through what we know. So try and go beyond what you already know, fill your mind with the new, nourish it with different interests, open it to the extraordinary. Life is too short to let the world we experience be restricted by our own limited vision.”

“Mediocrity is not worth the trip.”

“I have been public on this, and I firmly, firmly believe that this notion of accountability for what you promise as a leader is as important as your integrity.”

“I give people a huge amount of rope, and then I hold them accountable for the rope.”

“There’s nothing worse in life than to sit there and be the victim of a process that’s outside your control.”

“We have no magic to change the world. We already have all the power that we need. It’s inside us. It’s the power to imagine things in a better way.”

“If you put a Ferrari sticker on a toaster, it doesn’t go any faster.”

“You’ve got to allow people to make mistakes, even though your gut tells you that the guy is going to get torched.”

“Trust is essential in leading change, in leading people to do things with a sense of mission, in bringing conviction and belief and devotion to the effort but it’s not easy to build trust. Trust is built upon moral conduct.”