Jack Nicklaus Quotes

In Gerald Ford, the man he was in public, he was also that man in private.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

People believed what I said was what I believed.

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine.

One of the advantages of no longer running for public office is that I don’t have to pretend to be nice to people I dislike.

I do not want anyone in Bolton to think that, if I play there, I am doing it for the wrong reasons.

No one on the planet Earth is going to be able to look at me on television and say that I'm a liar. It will not happen.

People who watched me on 'I'm A Celebrity... ' saw me being true to my values.

Here's the lines I draw: I never say something I don't believe - ever, ever, ever; and I won't endorse a product I don't like and use. When the cameras are off, we are who we are when they're on.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniformly, and consistently. The practice of piety frees a man from interior distraction and from irresolution in his mind, from duplicity or inconstancy in his character, and from confusion in his proceedings, and consequently securing for others freedom from deception and disappointment in their transactions with him.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.

I've always been transparent in who I am as a person.

I like groaning. That means that you're not pandering to their already settled prejudices.

If Trump remains honest and seems like a person who's authentic, he's going to go a long way.

If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Often, loyalty means telling people things they don't want to hear. It's not being sycophantic, it's not telling them how wonderful they are every day. It's being willing to tell them the days they're not wonderful.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.

You know, if you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

Giving honest and well-intended feedback is often confused with being mean. It's not mean; it's nice.