Quotes About Credibility

Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.

I have found that in this business, one of the most important things is sincerity. If you can fake that, you can do just about anything.

Don't trust everything I say.

It's not enough to be honest and loyal, frankly it doesn't matter if you are not, so long as you are perceived to be so.

Yeah right. I'll believe you, thousands wouldn't. Want to borrow my mirror?

First make yourself unpopular, then people will take you seriously.

I'm consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition to mystery; tolerance is not more pragmatic than love; and cynicism is not more reasonable than hope. Unlike almost every worthwhile thing in life, cynicism is easy. It's

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.

The most credible answers are the ones given by science, because science IS the search for the most credible answers available, not for answers pretending to certainty.

Too often scientists sell hypothetical theories to the large public, as if they were established theories. I have seen this often done, for instance, with string theory. I think this is a great mistake, because it questions the credibility itself of science. We scientists live out of public money and it is our duty to be fully honest in reporting what we know and what we do not know. We are paid to dream, but we must not sell our dreams for established realities.

Your price makes a statement about your credibility. The more you charge, the more people respect you!

Why double? Because you are positioning yourself as someone experienced, reliable, who offers what your clients value most, highly recommended by key influencers, and above all, extremely honest to guarantee results based on key concerns (or else you will act responsibly to live up to the credibility you've built), not to mention that your time becomes more valuable as the demand increases.

To start asking for more, build your credibility first with strategic testimonials and a solid portfolio.

If you don't perform, you're not credible. And second, transparency. Even when you're not performing well, transparency can help you.

You will lose because people can sniff out a poser from a mile away.

I am not questioning your honor, I am denying its existence.

Trust is earned. Like gold.

Robert could piss in a cup and men would call it wine, but I offer them cold clear water and they squint in suspicion and mutter to each other about how queer it tastes.

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.

A liar is not believed even though he tell the truth.

By evil report and good report.

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.