Quotes About Reliability

A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

Whether men lie, or say true, it is with one and the same object.

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

He was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.

There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: "It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful." Praise God, it does not say "sucessful.

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, What trusty treasure in the world can counterfail a friend?

God's Word is as good as He is. There is an old saying that a man is as good as his word. Well, God is as good as His Word. His character is behind what He has said.

If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man.

I am a man of my word.

Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Good appearance doesn't make a real man. The important thing is to do your best and keep your promises. A real man should show his faith in actions (rather) than words.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Only men you can count on these days are Ben and Jerry.

Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.

Any man who will cheat for you will cheat against you.

It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

For no matter what the world, men who deal in headwear are men to be trusted above any other.