Ihara Saikaku Quotes

I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee.

Whosoever fails to take small matters seriously in the spirit of truth, cannot be trusted in greater affairs.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing.

It's not in my character to say what I'm going to do and how it's going to go.

I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.

Your character holds the key to your trustworthiness.

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

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.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

In Canada, things are very honest.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

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

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.

I won't tolerate lying.

My career is based on openness and honesty.

I have never, not once, violated my public trust.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.