{"id":2747,"date":"2015-05-16T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2015-05-16T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T14:05:46","slug":"george-bernard-shaw-on-building-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2747","title":{"rendered":"George Bernard Shaw on Building Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1005\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1005\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TAATAW_LOGO_H_color-tagline-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"TAA_R2_EDIT-CS3\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4f51; text-align: left;\"><strong>What\u00a0can we learn about building trust from the world&#8217;s greatest leaders, teachers, writers and philosophers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4f51; text-align: center;\"><strong>JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4f51;\">We recently\u00a0highlighted the greatest quotes on building trust from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4d4f51;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #96999c;\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1yfQ3Tj\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">John Wooden<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #4d4f51;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/linkd.in\/1baXOiN\">John C. Maxwell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkd.in\/1Gv40gw\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Zig Ziglar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkd.in\/1EG5wMd\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mahtma Gandhi<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1HjKsMH\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dr. Seuss<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4d4f51;\">This week we turn our attention to George Bernard Shaw\u00a0an Irish playwright and founder of the London School of Economics. Did you know that he received both a Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award? \u00a0<\/span>This article pulls\u00a0together twenty of\u00a0his most inspiring quotes. Regardless of your role in life- a parent, teacher, business or religious leader, George Bernard Shaw has many messages\u00a0about character, competence and consistency, the key ingredients for building trust.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201cLife isn&#8217;t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe liar&#8217;s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNever wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThose who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilence is the most perfect expression of scorn.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSuccess does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAfter all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBetter keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cDoing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPower does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery &#8211; it&#8217;s the sincerest form of learning.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBeware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBut to admire a strong person and to live under that strong person\u2019s thumb are two different things.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy way of joking is to tell the truth. It&#8217;s the funniest joke in the world.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>My favorites are #3, #8 and #19. How about yours?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #444444;\">Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust, and runs the world&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\">largest membership program<\/a>\u00a0for those interested in the subject. She\u00a0is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">TRUST INC.<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/magazine.shtml\">TRUST! Magazine<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Our annual poster,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/poster.shtml\">52 Weeks of Activities to Increase Organizational Trust<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0to those who would like to support our work by making a small donation.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know we have published 3 books in our award-winning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">TRUST Inc. series<\/a>. 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