Umar Quotes

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it

Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.

Honesty will never break you.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

I am honest in what I do and I think people respond to that honestly.

What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their character. Whether they're eloquent or not, whether they have human-relations techniques or not, we trust them and work with them.

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.

A man will pass better through the world with a thousand open errors upon his back than in being detected in one sly falsehood. When one is detected, a thousand are suspected.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I completely trust Gloria Vanderbilt. I have always found her very honest.

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

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

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

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.

You can't lie to your audience. You can't lie to your fans.

People often think I'm a faker, but I'm usually honest, in a certain way - in such a way that often nobody believes me!