Richard Edelman Quotes

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

We take our endorsements seriously.

Don't ever break someone's trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

If you are sincere and true to your work, you will be respected. And for me, respect is power.

It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.

In my lifetime, as a younger man, you were assumed to be an honest person. Your word was your bond, and a handshake was as good as a contract in business.

Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.

If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

No commission created in this town has automatic credibility. You have to earn it.

In politics, all you have is your word.

It is never good for a politician to have to defend his credibility.

Great nations like great men must keep their word.

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other

The last thing we want is to make people think we're going back on our word.

I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.

Your personal integrity, once established and earned, people don't have to think about it. They know. They know you. They know you'll do the right thing every time.