If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
– Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
Tag Archives: Trust
Sometimes our fate…
resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You build…
… trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honour over personal gain.
– John C. Maxwell
I alone…
… cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
– Mother Teresa
Few things
help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.
– Booker Washington
The people…
… who are lifting the world onward and upward are those who encourage more than they criticize
– Elizabeth Harrison
A ‘No’ uttered…
…. from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
– Mohandas Gandhi
The true mark…
… of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special.
– Bill Taylor
The good will…
… of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
– Benjamin Franklin
Leadership rests…
… not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it. Leadership is then based on truth and character. There must be truth in the purpose and willpower in the character.
– Vince Lombardi
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