“If you train people properly, they won’t be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.” Richard Marcinko: Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."
--Thomas Jefferson
"Leadership and morale are not synonymous; yet they are as inseparable as the component parts of an electrical circuit. Morale is the current - the powerful electromotive force- and leadership is like the conductor that guides and transmits that force to the motor. Hence the state or quality of morale produced is directly proportional to the quality of the conductor or leader" Unknown
"The objective of any leader is to ultimately make himself dispensable." Craig Mullaney:"The Unforgiving Minute”
"To merit the approbation of good and virtuous men is the height of my ambition." George Washington
The only way to gain an employee's loyalty is to show loyalty to them.