Honesty in Leadership Quotes

Trust happens when leaders are transparent.

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Demand candor from commanding officers, and weigh heavily their recommendations.

Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.

Truth-telling by a leader can legitimate truth-telling at every level.

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to understand the process that person has so you can get the most out of them, but I think you have to sort of manipulate that process with honesty.

Certainly he [Richard M. Nixon] is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy.

My power vanishes into thin air the instant that my fellow citizens, who are straight and honest, cease to believe that I represent them and fight for what is straight and honest. That is all the strength that I have.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

We also believe candour benefits us as managers. The CEO who misleads often in public eventually misleads himself in private.