Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

Once you lose your credibility, you can never restore it.

He that once deceives is ever suspected.

Only men of character are trusted.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.

The finest compliment you can pay a man is that his word was as good as gold.

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.

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

In the Prime Minister, we have a man who has forfeited the right to be believed or to be trusted.

Great nations like great men must keep their word.

It's frustrating when people question your integrity.

The reality is that people know my character, and they know my service.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

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?'

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

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.