Quotes About Trustworthiness

Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.

Reason in this newer philosophy took its starting point with childish naivete in its own integrity and trustworthiness.

Why would I trust a man with my business, if he could not manage his own?

Be careful," Aidan called from the bed. "You don't know what he might do." "We all know what you'd do, though, don't we?

Neither of us is going to jail, you ninny. One day we'll be sweet little old ladies and we'll probably forget that it didn't happen the way we said it did.' 'I can't imagine us as sweet little old ladies.' 'It does seem unlikely.

The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into ... people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.

You're not worried about being compromised, are you?" he asked. "Because I've already done that.

We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations.

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity.

Deborah was the only person on earth who knew what I really was, and even though she was still getting used to the idea, I had thought she understood the very careful boundaries set up by Harry, and understood, too, that I would never cross them.

And, apparently, extremely effective. "All right," she said, and she actually squeezed my hand. "I won't say anything." I

With or without payment, the work will be done.

The value of your work is not in the dollar. It's in your word.

I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.

It's hard to prove yourself when the substance isn't there in certain roles.

You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

People commit fraud both in and out of businesses, and the evidence shows they are just as dishonest outside of a business context as within it.

Character is what you are when no one is looking.

on Paulette Goddard] It was her honesty I liked.

I think that the best thing that a person can be is sincere.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

Imagine if you borrowed your parents' car without permission and ran it into a tree, how much better you'd feel if you were incorporated.

Never lend your car keys to someone you gave birth to.