Warren Buffett Quotes

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

I have observed that voluntary workers are apt to behave as if they are not bound to render a detailed account of the business or monies with which they are entrusted because, like Caesar's wife, they are above suspicion. This is sheer nonsense.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Someone who will take responsibility for the real welfare of the American people, to be honest with them. I'd like to have that adult in the room.

Nobody owns the money he/she possesses. They hold it just as a trustee.

I am mindful of my responsibilities as state treasurer, and I will not shirk those responsibilities.

We would have to give out something for the poor in India. It is my responsibility to give the people an account of every rupee. I will use it at right places. I won't let it get stolen.

What I've tried to do in politics is two very simple things: tell the truth and do what I said I would do.

Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own.

Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person's money without respect for how hard it was to earn.

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.

I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.

Never lend money to a friend. It's dangerous. It could damage his memory.

You need a lot of things in any organization, but one of the critical things is trust. When you lose trust and you feel betrayed, and it's not a matter of judgment.

You never have to look over your shoulder when you tell the truth. You never have to remember the details, because they are what they are. And you don't have to make sure your story matches everyone else's.

The word accounting comes from the word accountability. If you are going to be rich, you need to be accountable for your money.

Stewardship isn't a subcategory of the Christian life. Stewardship is the Christian life. After all, what is stewardship except that God has entrusted to us life, time, talents, money, possessions, family, and his grace? In each case, he evaluates how we regard what he has entrusted to us and what we do with it.

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as [officials] stop making arguments, you see support for me starts to rise.