George W. Bush Quotes

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.

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

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

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

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

Be true to your word. It’s very important.

In politics, all you have is your word.

A man is already of consequence in the world when it is known that we can implicitly rely upon him. Often I have known a man to be preferred in stations of honor and profit because he had this reputation: When he said he knew a thing, he knew it, and when he said he would do a thing, he did it.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.

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?'

People shouldn't be interested in me. They should be interested in me if I'm not doing what I promise.

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

I always keep my word.

The statesman's motto should be, "Keep your word until death.

You never say what you're not going to do.

I learned I can't make promises I can't keep. I owe the people ... honesty.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called upon to perform what we cannot.

The general population protect themselves by keeping promises

Live so that your friends can defend you, but never have to

I will make the further pledge now that if I find that I cannot keep my pledges I will resign.