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What can we learn about trust from the great leaders, teachers, writers and philosophers?

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This week we turn our attention to the words of Napoleon Hill, an American author who wrote about success, but probably best known for Think and Grow Rich, one of the best-selling books of all time.  Hill was also an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This article pulls together twenty of his most inspiring quotes. Regardless of your role in life- a parent, teacher, business, religious or military leader, the following contain many messages about character, competence and consistency, the key ingredients for building trust.

1. “When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity – regardless of what others may do – you are destined for greatness.”
2. “Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
3. “An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
4. “There are no limitations to the mind except those that we acknowledge.”
5. “A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”
6. “If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.”
7. “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
8. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.”
9. “If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”
10. “War grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.”
11. “Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
12. “Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”
13. “Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.”
14. “Success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis.”
15. “Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
16. “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.”
17. “No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy; unless you let him.”
18. “No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.”
19. “You become what you think about.”
20. “TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT. This is the equivalent of saying “deeds, and not words, are what count most.”

My favorites are #11, #15 and #20. How about yours? 

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We recently highlighted some of the best quotes on building trust from:

•  John Wooden
•  John C. Maxwell
•  Zig Ziglar
•  Mahtma Gandhi
•  Dr. Seuss  (for Mother’s Day)
•  George Bernard Shaw
•  Military Leaders (for Memorial Day)

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Barbara Brooks Kimmel is the Executive Director of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World whose mission is to help organizations build trust, and runs the world’s largest membership program for those interested in the subject. She is also the editor of the award winning TRUST INC. book series and the Executive Editor of TRUST! Magazine. In 2012 Barbara was named “One of 25 Women Changing the World” by Good Business International.

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