Quotes about Trust

It takes quantity as well as quality to develop warm and caring relationships.

At least once a year I'd ask Steve to point out anything he thought I was doing that was wrong or weaknesses in my leadership that he believed might have me headed for trouble. After a couple of years of this, Steve once said, 'John, you are the most successful person I work with, yet you are the only one who invites critism. Why?' I don't trust anyone with power that can't be checked, I answered. Especially me.

My friend Dan Reiland says, "A genuine friend encourages and challenges us to live out our best thoughts, honor our purest motives, and achieve our most significant dreams." That's what we need to do with the important people in our lives.

Developing and maintaining integrity require constant attention. John Weston, chairman and CEO of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., says, "I`ve always tried to live with the following simple rule: Don`t do what you wouldn`t feel comfortable reading about in the newspapers the next day." That`s a good standard all of us should keep.

But empowering others by giving them your authority has the same effect as sharing information: You haven't lost anything. You have increased the ability of others without decreasing yourself.

Care without candor creates dysfunctional relationships. Candor without care creates distant relationships.

He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk." If you can't influence others, they won't follow you.

John, trust your future to God.

Most good leaders want the perspective of people they trust.

Nobody wants to be sold, but everyone wants to be helped.

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

you can care about people without leading them, but you cannot lead people well without caring about them.