Francis Jeffrey Quotes

Dishonesty, lack of integrity catches up with you.

You never want to do anything that you don't want your mother to see, because it will haunt you and eventually come back to bite you!

Our culture does not teach us this, but what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. If you cheat in Vegas, it comes right home with you. If you cheat in Vegas, you walk home as a cheater. You lie awake at a night a cheater. You cannot escape it.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

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

A good reputation is more valuable than money.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

I'd like to be known for my character.

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they are different.

If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

At the end of the day, you are judged by your character. And look, I'm proud of my record of working to help people throughout my years of public service.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

A good character is the best tombstone.

It takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy.

The best way to learn how to become trustworthy is to study other trustworthy people.

Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation.