Top 21 Honesty Leadership Quotes
#1. Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.
Pearl S. Buck
#2. Honesty and integrity are the yardsticks by which we measure our intrinsic value.
Orly Wahba
#3. Leadership is about integrity, honesty and accountability. All components of trust.
Simon Sinek
#4. Valor in the leader is often an expression of the leader's character, fortitude, grace, vulnerability, openness, and honesty.
Catherine Robinson-Walker
#5. It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership
men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.
Harry S. Truman
#6. Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance of life. They ought to be cherished. To sell them out is to sell one's soul.
Michael Short
#7. Creativity is the depth of the honesty you express towards your possibility.
Swami Nithyananda
#9. We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.
Roy Bennett
#10. Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.
Roy Bennett
#11. Leadership's defining quality is honesty. To honesty, add fairness and consistency.
Cole C. Kingseed
#12. Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.
Earl Weaver
#13. Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do.
Roy Bennett
#14. It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.
Brandon Sanderson
#15. Leaders fight hard wars against
injustice and unfairness. They
believe that the truth is a weapon;
when triggered, the lie dies.
Israelmore Ayivor
#16. The world has enough deceit, decay, and despair; be different.
Lindsey Rietzsch
#17. Lead with honesty, total integrity, compassion, patience and tolerance - toward yourself!
Bryant McGill
#18. Character primarily is honesty with God, ones-self, and others."
~R. Alan Woods [2013]
R. Alan Woods
#19. The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.
Jack Welch
#20. If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable.
C.J. Sansom
#21. Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common
to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility
John McCain
