Truthful leadership...

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters. - Albert Einstein

Doing what you think you cannot...

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." --Eleanor Roosevelt

Trust...a little story.

The Thief

Once a man found that his axe was missing, and suspected his neighbour's son of having taken it. Observing the youth walking around, the man was convinced that his was the walk of a thief. The youth looked like a thief and talked like a thief; everything he did pointed to his having stolen the axe.

Then one day the man happened to find his missing axe. After that, he noticed his neighbour's son wasn't behaving like a thief anymore.

--Lieh-tzu

Leaders must watch what they become...

Watch your thoughts,
they become words.
Watch your words,
they become actions.
Watch your actions,
they become habits.
Watch your habits,
they become character,
Watch your character,
it becomes your destiny.

--Frank Outlaw