Quotes About Trust

Never trust a leader who proclaims himself a leader before anyone else does.

without preamble.

A corruption of intentions.

Better the devil you can live with than one you don't know.

Don't pick up hitchhikers!- D. Adams

Well, kid, Aahz said, sweeping me with an appraising stare, it looks like we're stuck with each other. The setup isn't ideal, but it's what we've got. Time to bite the bullet and play with the cards we're dealt. You do know what cards are, don't you? Of course, I said, slightly wounded. Good. What's a bullet?

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.- Capt. Bligh(ret.)

Relax, Skeeve! This'll be easy, Skeeve! Trust me, Skeeve!' Boy Aahz, when you miss a call you don't do it small, do you? Shut up, kid!

Relax, Stranger. Things are not as they seem.

There's one good thing about being in the bomb disposal unit: No superior officer is ever looking over your shoulder.

Winston Churchill had grasped Eisenhower's hand and told him, with tears in his eyes, "I am with you to the end, and if it fails we will go down together.

A leader, or those who aspire to that role, regardless of whether in the public or the private sector, must have integrity.

I thought you were my friend.

The more frequently you intrude, implicitly reminding them it is your change, the less they will believe it is theirs. Successful implementation, in short, depends upon them. The leader cannot hold individuals accountable for driving change if he refuses to let go of the steering wheel. He must trust his subordinates, replace them if necessary. But he mustn't micromanage them.

A successful leader, and especially one leading change, treats each member of his team with respect and dignity.

As in the spring with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," I felt that agreements with the Obama White House were good for only as long as they were politically convenient.

Presidents and Congress expect senior military leaders to provide their personal and professional military opinions candidly and honestly. There is no requirement for them to do so through the news

Joe is a man of integrity, incapable of hiding what he really thinks, and one of those rare people you know you could turn to for help in a personal crisis. Still, I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.

Harry Truman's line that if you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.)

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.

You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in.

Can I have a motorcycle when I get old enough? If you take care of it. What do you have to do? Lot's of things. You've been watching me. Will you show me all of them? Sure. Is it hard? Not if you have the right attitudes. It's having the right attitudes that's hard. Oh. After a while I see he is sitting down again. Then he says, Dad? What? Will I have the right attitudes? I think so, I say. I don't think that will be any problem at all.

No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.

call the game the "Wall Street Game," and people become less cooperative. Calling it the "Community Game" does the opposite. Similarly