“How long your closet held a whiff of you,
Long after hangers hung austere and bare.
I would walk in and suddenly the true
Sharp sweet sweat scent controlled the air
And life was in that small still living breath.
Where are you? since so much of you is here,
Your unique odour quite ignoring death.
My hands reach out to touch, to hold what's dear
And vital in my longing empty arms.
But other clothes fill up the space, your space,
And scent on scent send out strange false alarms.
Not of your odour there is not a trace.
But something unexpected still breaks through
The goneness to the presentness of you.”
Source: The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle
“The fundamental characteristic that enables hidden leadership to bloom is demonstrating integrity.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“Integrity, by its definition, means adhering consistently to a strong, reliable code of ethics, whatever that code is.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“To demonstrate integrity, a person must have the courage to consistently adhere to a strong ethical code, even in difficult situations.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“A person's integrity develops early in life. Once formed, it is difficult to alter, change, or improve.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“Integrity is not just a smart and moral way to navigate your personal life. It’s also part of your professional branding, and it will inevitably affect your business success.”
“It is how we enter through the doorway that determines the outcome of our life.”
“Demonstrating integrity is indispensable for leaders.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“Integrity is the source of new solutions and innovations; courage is a means of halting progress down a wrong road.”
Source: The Hidden Leader: Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company
“Some people say, “Once you learn to be happy, you won't tolerate being around people who make you feel anything less.” My Christ says, “Your job is to get off your self righteous butt and start reaching out to the difficult people because my ministry wasn’t about a bunch of nice people getting together once a week to sing hymns and get a feel good message, that you may or may not apply, depending on the depth of your anger for someone. It is about caring for and helping the broken hearted, the difficult, the hurt, the misunderstood, the repulsive, the wicked and the liars. It is about turning the other cheek when someone hurts you. It is about loving one another and making amends. It is allowing people as many chances as they need because God gives them endless chances. When you do this then you will know me and you will know true happiness and peace. Until then, you will never know who I really am. You will always be just a fan or a Sunday only warrior. You will continue to represent who you are to the world, but not me. I am the God that rescues.”