Mitch Daniels Quotes

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?'

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

I completely trust Gloria Vanderbilt. I have always found her very honest.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

I'm honest, I'm fair and I'm sure, as time progresses, those who don't believe that will find it to be true.

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

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

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.

Only men of character are trusted.

I'm real. I believe what I'm saying. If Motel 6 wasn't the type of operation they say it is - and I stay at them when I travel - I wouldn't do their commercials. That comes through on the radio, and that's what it's all about.

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.

The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

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

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers.

The worst thing you can do is try to manipulate or control perceptions. It's impossible, and when you are found out the result is disastrous. Better to be transparent and play well with others so that when bad things happen you have a reservoir of good will to bank on.

The people who knew me and knew my work and trusted me, they knew then as they do now that I've never fabricated or plagiarized a story. People who know me know I didn't do this.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.