Bryant H. McGill Quotes

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

People shouldn't be interested in me. They should be interested in me if I'm not doing what I promise.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

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

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

My word is gold, And I make sure everyone gets paid.

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

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?'

Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.

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

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

You know, I think what people want more than anything is they just want people to do what they say they're going to do.

I've always kept my word, and my clients have always kept their word.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

It's hard to know now who, if anyone, in the media has any credibility.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

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.

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

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.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

In politics, all you have is your word.

Great nations like great men must keep their word.