Ray Dalio Quotes

Players are smart. That locker room knows. So don't hide anything.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'

One of the best ways to see how critical being present is to effective leadership is to notice what being absent, distracted, hiding something, and/or agenda-driven does to people's ability to trust, respect, and have confidence in you.

It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.

If you want me to be honest, be honest with me.

When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

Transparency is the new objectivity.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

The NFL is a unique work place. There are no secrets anymore. Technology has taken over, and secrets are exposed. People are going to know what you're all about. You have to make sure you have real honesty in the work place, or you're going to be exposed.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

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

I'm the voice of honesty.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.