“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
“A man who becomes used to deluding himself, who fails to face his own faults with revolutionary honesty and even lies to himself, is the most likely to become a traitor, since lying is the beginning of treachery.” MenFacesUsedLyingFailingHonestyFaultsRevolutionaryTraitorTreachery Author:Ashraf Dehghani
“All I'm arguing for really is that we should have a conversation where the best ideas really thrive, where there's no taboo against criticizing bad ideas, and where everyone who shows up, in order to get their ideas entertained, has to meet some obvious burdens of intellectual rigor and self-criticism and honesty-and when people fail to do that, we are free to stop listening to them. What religion has had up until this moment is a different set of rules that apply only to it, which is you have to respect my religious certainty even though I'm telling you I arrived at it irrationally.” PeopleShouldIdeasDifferentSelfMomentsShowsOrderReligiousFailingHonestyListeningConversationIntellectualCriticismShould HaveObviousBurdenArguingCertaintyThriveCriticizeTabooBad IdeasRigorSelf Criticism Author:Sam Harris
“Freedom cannot always continue in comfort and convenience, cannot be assured without sacrifice, without truth and decency, without willingness to work, without downright honesty and honor, and readiness to keep the commandments and live within the law...there is no liberty without a real respect for law; no liberty if we forget God, or fail to remember the principles on which freedom is founded.” IfsRealRememberLawForgetLibertyPrinciplesFailingSacrificeHonestyHonorComfortWillingnessCommandmentsAssuredDecencyConvenienceReadinessWithout Sacrifice Author:Richard L. Evans
“He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.” LongWorkWealthPowerCourageFailingHonestyAmbitionEndeavor Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay