Reliability Quotes

For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes,And hold-fast is the only dog.

A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.

Time & Co. are, after all, the only quite honest and trustworthy publishers that we know.

Women are the only correspondents to be depended on.

Lightly given promises must meet with little trust.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.

I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to carry a rather weighty letter without lightening it by reading.

Far too many people make promises they can never keep. They may have the best intentions in the world to keep their promise-but if they have not made a plan to keep it, they will not be able to do it.

I have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting...not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution.

A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.

But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.

Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.

Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.

In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

Nature ever faithful isTo such as trust her faithfulness.

I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It is generally regarded here as more reliable than the press.

Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.