Quotes about Honesty

Never "for the sake of peace and quiet" deny your own experience or convictions. —Dag Statesman and Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Followers tell you what you want to hear. Leaders tell you what you need to hear.

Believe in what you say. Then, live what you say. There is no greater credibility than conviction in action.

La humildad no es negar sus fortalezas. La humildad es ser sincero acerca de sus debilidades". —Rick Warren

And you will have greater credibility with your leader if you admit your shortcomings and refrain from making excuses.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.

Good leaders want the truth—even if it hurts.

People don't expect their leaders to be perfect, but they do expect them to be honest. If

Thomas Macauley said, "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out." Life is like a vise; at times it will squeeze us. At those moments of pressure, whatever is inside will be found out. We cannot give what we do not have. Image promises much but produces little. Integrity never disappoints.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.

Integrity is your best friend. And it's also one of the best friends that your friends will ever have. When the people around you know that you're a person of integrity, they know that you want to influence them because of the opportunity to add value to their lives. They don't have to worry about your motives.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.