“The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.” FirstsStatesEnoughStrongStepsCasesFailingHonestHonestyGreatnessBeing HonestFirst StepsStrong Enough Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“The people I know who seem to make unusual efforts at rationality, are unusually honest, or, failing that, at least have unusually bad social skills.” PeopleKnowsSeemsSocialEffortFailingHonestSkillsUnusualRationalitySocial Skills Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Making an honest mistake is acceptable. Failing to fix it is not.” CultureMistakeFailingHonestAcceptableService Culture Author:Ron Kaufman
“If you're fortunate to get a first album that sells 10 million you have nowhere to go but down. I'm just going to be honest and your measuring stick is so high that haters are licking their chops because you can't do nothing but fail.” IfsFirstsMillionsFailingHonestSellsSticksAlbumsBeing HonestFortunateMeasuringLickingNowhere To Go Author:Nelly
“In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy, our ecosystem, and international war and peace are really crumbling and are really at grave risk for failing in many ways, we need desperately to have an honest public conversation about both the track record of where we've been, what are the critical problems we are facing and what it will take to solve them.” WayNeedsWarProblemEconomyDemocracyRecordsFailingRiskHonestConversationElectionFoundationInternationalTrackSolveCriticalGravesVotersEcosystemsDissatisfiedCrumblingTrack Record Author:Jill Stein