Samuel Smiles Quotes

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

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

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.

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.

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

For me, the key is I always have to be the same person. If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'

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

Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

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

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

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say.

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you talk about leadership, it comes with performance. Leadership comes with consistency.

If you are emotionally honest, you should mean what you say but also mean what you do.

We cannot have another experience like we've had in my freshman class, of people saying one thing and doing another.

You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines not just writers but all human beings.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

Actions lie louder than words.

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

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