“In the POW camps, courage was the currency of leadership.” COL Lee Ellis, Hanoi Hilton POW

“The higher one rises in the organizational hierarchy, the greater the need for results-oriented leaders (as opposed to relationships-oriented leaders). We see this breakdown frequently in family-owned businesses.” Benson

“The trust and confidence that the led have in their leader correlates with their view of the leader’s character.” Benson

“Accountability and consequences are rules of nature.” COL Ellis

“Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which prime ministers have never been vested.” Winston Churchill

“When your work speaks for itself; don’t interrupt.” Henry Kaiser (If President Trump would have only understood this corollary.) Benson

“…, unspanked kids will start insulting their parents and teachers, throwing stones at the school, and writing on the walls of public buildings.” General George S. Patton, Jr.

On Leaders: “Sometimes you coach, sometimes you inspire, sometimes you cajole, and sometimes you are wrong.” Benson

“Words of gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s innermost parts.” Proverbs 26:24-25

“There is a correlation between character and diligence - diligence not only completes the task that was directed and on time, but it does it with ‘care’.” Paraphrased from Dr. Mark Rutland in Relaunch.