Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another there’s going to be trouble.
Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether they’re eloquent or not, whether they have human-relations techniques or not, we trust them and work with them.
A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don’t mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.
When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
Everyone chooses one of two roads in life – the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men and women alike. One is the broad, well-traveled road to mediocrity, the other road to greatness and meaning.
Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.
By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild.
How many on their deathbeds wished they’d spent more time at the office – or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.
Love – the feeling – is a fruit of love, the verb.
To be successful we must live from our imaginations, not from our memories.
Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.
My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
In the end, life teaches us what is important, and that is family.
We accomplish all that we do through delegation – either to time or to other people.
Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.