Rigoberta Menchu Quotes

I think it's so important to practice what you preach - whether you're into riding cows to work or eating a burger after boxing, just do what you're telling your fans you're doing because you have to be real with them because they look up to you.

People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Is there congruence between what's within that person and the words and actions I'm viewing and hearing externally?" Children ask that about their parents; students ask it about their teachers; parishioners ask it about their pastors and priests; employees ask it about their bosses; and in a democracy, citizens ask it about their political leaders.

Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!'

I don't think anyone can say I have said one thing in public and done another in private.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.

It's best not to appear to believe what you say but to believe what you say.

Always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /

You become uneasy with people in direct proportion to how many lies you have to keep track of in their presence.

Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.

If you're gonna pretend to be something, then you have to at least live up to what it is.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.