Quotes About Trust

In a climate of uncertainty and fear, without strong and visionary leadership, people panic.

There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.

Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them.

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.

What seems over your head is always under His feet.

Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

Leadership is not something you do to people. It's something you do with people.

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.

There's all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.

No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.

To lead people, walk behind them.