Tom Robbins Quotes

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

We are all equal on this floor, and a senator must keep his word.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person's trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

If you cannot trust our leaders, you cannot govern.

I strongly believe in the principle of accountability and responsibility. It is the foundation of leadership.

The President is the ultimate role model.

If you draw [red] lines and then don't respect them, you diminish your credibility.

To be honest helps you a lot to not waste time. It's also the way I help the players most. It doesn't matter if it is the captain or the last reserve player, I try to be honest.

Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.

One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

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

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

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

I like honesty and fair play.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.

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.