Accept The Challenge...Kilroy J. Oldster

"The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values."

--Kilroy J. Oldster

From "Mission Impossible", TV series

Pursue What Matters!...Tim Hiller

"External actions are evidence of internal beliefs. Our deeds are what show our creeds."

--Tim Hiller, Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters

Shalane Flanagan (second from left) competes during the 2017 New York City Marathon.

Picture credit: Wired Magazine, "DO NIKE'S NEW MARATHON SHOES ACTUALLY MAKE YOU RUN FASTER?"
https://www.wired.com/story/do-nike-zoom-vaporfly-make-you-run-faster/

Your Actions Will Define You...@vnona

If you're not a thief, you will not steal whether you're a beggar on the street or the CEO. Your #behavior defines who you are. If you want to change the things you don't like about yourself, you have to change your behavior. You must also change your environment and who you hang out with. Eagles hang out with eagles.

Respect...Margaret Mead

"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

--Margaret Mead

Get Your Mind Right!...@vnona

"It's very hard to live a life that is incongruent with your true feelings. That's why it is important to base your life on strong foundational principles. These principles will shape your beliefs. Your feelings and behavior will eventually come into alignment with what you believe."

--Nona O., Founder, womenatliberty.com

Tell TheTruth!

One of the things we learn very early is the truth matters. As we go through life, we learn a lot of things about people and values. But the thing that does not change over time is our expectations regarding the truth. We respect people who tell the truth even if we do not like them.

--Nona O.

Your Behavior Speak Volumes...@vnona

The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.  

--Matthew 12:34b, NIV, The Bible

Our True North...Elizabeth Dole

"We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North."

--Elizabeth Dole

 

 

The Family...Charles Franklin Thwing

Under any system of society ... the family holds the future in its bosom.

--Charles Franklin Thwing, The Family: An Historical and Social Study

 

My Anchor Holds & Keeps Me Steady...Ed Miliband

My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.

 

--Ed Miliband

 

How To Facilitate Reconciliation...Timothy B. Tyson

“If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.”
 
--Timothy B. Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story

 

#LeadershipTuesdays: Majority Rules Are Not Always Best...Leo Tolstoy

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”

― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today's Leadership Tuesdays will focus on the subject of business ethics.  Our news headlines are filled with stories of individuals who have made bad decisions because of lapses in judgement and gotten caught in criminal investigations that led to trials and jail time.  Some of the people are prominent politicians, some are corporate executives, and some are everyday people like you and me. As the author of today's featured article intimated, learning business ethics or ethical practices is an ongoing process. It's not easy to always make the right decision. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. 

However, when making any type of decision that may involve potential ethical violations, it helps to have a strong ethical foundation. Angelia White, the author of the blog, "5 Basic Business Ethics Tips", gives us a very practical definition of business ethics and great examples of how she approaches situations in the workplace as an employer, business owner, and leader. At the end of the article she gives advice on some tools that will help strengthen you in your practice of business ethics and help you  protect yourself from those who would violate business ethics at your expense.

Angelia White is Publisher, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Hope for Women Magazine. Her passionate dedication towards the Magazine has been evolving for almost a decade. She has a background in publishing and is owner and president of Virtuous Publications, Inc., which serves as the Magazine’s publishing company. Angelia has over 20 years experience in business administration and is a business graduate of Ball State University.

To view today's article click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays or WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here. 

The Valuables...Carlos Santana

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

--Carlos Santana

Paying The Highest Tribute...Thurgood Marshall

"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute." 

--Thurgood Marshal, First African American Supreme Court Justice

Your Actions Says It All...Theodore Roosevelt

“There are good men [women] and bad men [women] of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s [women's] heart and soul, the man’s [women's] worth and actions, determine his standing.”

--Theodore Roosevelt

Character Endures...Horace Greeley

"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, and only character endures." 

--Horace Greeley, (1811-1872) New York newspaper editor 

Let The Truth Be Told...Buddha

“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”

--Gautama Buddha

Need To Get Away?...Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the false values and ideas, the false relationships between people. Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates.” 

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

What We Should Remember About Each Other....G Norman Lippert

“When we forget our essential similarities, we forget how to get along, and that cannot but lead to prejudice, discrimination, and eventually, conflict.” 

--G. Norman Lippert

Respect...Julius Erving

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

--Julius Erving

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY presents Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. This week, we are featuring Karen M. Dale, Executive Director of AmeriHealth District of Columbia as she discusses her leadership mantra and provides advice to those who aspire to senior leadership/executive positions. To view the video, click here.

To see past Leadership Tuesdays' features , click here.