Ann Romney Quotes

We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person who is trying to hide things, or do things?

There's one thing very important to me in business and for the long-term: always be honest with people. For the past 60 years, I always pay my debts.

As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine.

I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, I have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.

Be fair in all your dealings, may it be in your family or in your business. At the end of it all, what matters is not how much money you make but how honest you are.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

I'm conservative, and people know where I stand. They can trust me to do what I say I'm going to do. I'm predictable.

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

I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.

It wasn't until I stood in my truth and told everybody that I had $250,000 in credit card debt. At that point, everything turned around for me. I had to reveal the truth about what I didn't have, more than pretend about what I did. That was interesting.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.

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

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.

I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbors should be true to the public.

I have observed that voluntary workers are apt to behave as if they are not bound to render a detailed account of the business or monies with which they are entrusted because, like Caesar's wife, they are above suspicion. This is sheer nonsense.

There’s no institution that you can trust all the time.

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /