Quotes About Trustworthiness

Of all things in the world that stink in the nostrils of men, hypocrisy is the worst.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

You wouldn't show up to a great job with a terrible resume, so don't show up to a great man with a terrible past.

The man who fails to give fair service during the hours for which he is paid is dishonest. The man who is not willing to give more than this is foolish.

What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?

An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.

We are not men, but promises of men.

Integrity is better capital than money. You can accumulate it just like money, and you can use it just like money, but it goes further, and is enduring.

If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

The key to living a moral life is this: Do nothing in private that you would be ashamed to discuss openly with your mother.

I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and then there's the other one.

Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.

Nature doesn't cheat - people do.

On the whole, all people are good, or at least they're normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad when it comes to the crunch.

Surely nobody would be a charlatan, who could afford to be sincere.

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.