The chief lesson I have learned in a long life
is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him;
and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him
and show him your distrust.
~ Henry L. Stimson

I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles
And then could be trusted in matters of importance.
~ Babe Paley

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities.
But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but it’s own talents.
~ Eric Hoffer

Trust cannot thrive in an environment where we preach teamwork and cooperation,
But seldom recognize or reward it.
~ Wayne R Bills

It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
~ Samuel Johnson

A person who trusts no one can’t be trusted.
~ Jerome Blattner

Without ambition one starts nothing, without work one finishes nothing.
The man who knows how will always have a job.
The man who knows why will always be his boss.

The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage is the first of human qualities,
Because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
~ Winston Churchill

The World has a habit of making room
for the man whose actions show
that he knows where he is going.
~ Napoleon Hill

If you want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.
~Abraham Lincoln

The probability that we may fail in the struggle
ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
~ Abraham Lincoln

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
~ Chretien Malesherbes

Life is 10% what happens to you
And 90% how you respond to it.
~ Lou Holtz

Attitude is more important than the past,
than education, than money, than circumstances,
than what people do or say.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
~ Chuck Swindoll

In the planting season visitors come singly,
And in harvest time, they come in crowds.
~ Australian Proverb

Reduce your plan to writing.
The moment you complete this,
You will have definitely given
Concrete form to an intangible desire.
~ Napoleon Hill

If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day—go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month—get married.
If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else.

A generous man will prosper; He who refreshed others will himself be refreshed.
~ Proverbs 11:25

When you’re prepared, you’re more confident.
When you have a strategy, you’re more confortable.
~ Fred Couples

Some things cannot be spoken or discovered
until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile.
Plain sailing is pleasant, but you are not going to explore many unknown realms that way.
~ David Whyte