Mike Tyson Quotes

Integrity is the most needed to succeed in business.

When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad.

I'd rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract - perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it - in a way to suit you.

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.

I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others, only their rational perception. The person who craves a moral blank check of that kind, has dishonest intentions, whether he admits it to himself or not.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

Honesty is better than any policy.

Integrity expects integrity.

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets - and can be lost in a heartbeat.

Listen honey, would I lie to you to get in your pants?

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around.

I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way.

By being faithful in that which is another man's, it qualifies you for that which is your own.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

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

Dyson's Law: Do ask; don't lie.

At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.