Ronald Reagan Quotes

I've always been really open onstage.

Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

I'm at my best when I'm being genuine and sincere, and reading my material straight up to an audience that wants to listen.

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.

I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

It's really how you deal with people. Do people respect you? Are you honest with people even if it's something they don't want to hear? Anyone in Hollywood will tell you I'm extremely up front and honest almost to a fault.

Young people want you to be real with them.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

We need to be honest with the public.

I think, at the end of the day, you do better when you tend toward being transparent, even though there's some risk.

What people look for in their leaders is authenticity. You say, 'I'm not going to ask you to do anything that I'm not going to do myself.'

Someone who will take responsibility for the real welfare of the American people, to be honest with them. I'd like to have that adult in the room.

Trust brings a higher level of communication and a higher level of commitment and accountability.

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

Building trust is very important.

One of the best ways to see how critical being present is to effective leadership is to notice what being absent, distracted, hiding something, and/or agenda-driven does to people's ability to trust, respect, and have confidence in you.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.