Warren Bennis Quotes

In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I say.

I cannot deceive my people.

If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Ya know, I just want a girl to be honest.

You cannot lie ever, because a lie destroys the credibility of the product, and credibility is more important than anything. Credibility's even more important than clarity.

Honesty is a rare commodity in a palace, and that is why so many fairy-tale marriages end up on the rocks.

it's always best to tell the truth.

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

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth.

Honesty will never break you.

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.