Topic: Is Honesty Still the Best Policy?
SparklingCrystal 💖💎's photo
Sun 04/05/15 02:41 AM
Why should you worry about such things? Going through life feeling aggrieved is not going to help you. Won't make the quality of your life better, it will make it worse.
Maybe try and stop being bitter, angry and resentful all the time and start enjoying life again? So far you've wasted at least a month of your life on all that stuff. Are you going to be aggrieved later on as well that someone (I suppose) made you waste your life away?
Shrug it off and live! Today isn't ever going to come back, nor is that month. Live and enjoy. And instead maybe focus on how people get to feel happy. At least that will do something for you and add to your life.

marcol1's photo
Mon 04/06/15 04:45 AM

I believe it is easier to be honest and upfront.
Takes too many notebooks to keep track of the lies
and webs we weave when we aren't...



Mark Twain Said it best when you tell the truth you don't have to have a good memory

Duttoneer's photo
Mon 04/06/15 06:02 AM

Honesty is the best policy and "cheaters never win" are among the best known sayings of all times, but are they true?
Does honesty really pay off? And if it does, Why there are so many liars, hypocrites and two faced people in the world?
Why is it that liars get ahead in life while honesty holds you back?
Why does it seem like dishonest people get ahead in life?


Honesty is always the best policy as far as I am concerned. Sadly, some people are not always as honest as they appear to be, and sometimes it takes time to find them out, but they are always found out in the long run.

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Mon 04/06/15 06:03 AM

Why should you worry about such things? Going through life feeling aggrieved is not going to help you. Won't make the quality of your life better, it will make it worse.
Maybe try and stop being bitter, angry and resentful all the time and start enjoying life again? So far you've wasted at least a month of your life on all that stuff. Are you going to be aggrieved later on as well that someone (I suppose) made you waste your life away?
Shrug it off and live! Today isn't ever going to come back, nor is that month. Live and enjoy. And instead maybe focus on how people get to feel happy. At least that will do something for you and add to your life.

Well said Crystal although I wouldn't have been so polite.

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Mon 04/06/15 06:09 AM

i'm still waiting for a two - faced manipulation to come to light...
people can do awful, awful things to others for self-interest, and still be downright self-righteous about it...:cry: :cry: ...hypocrites...sad2
Quoted for truth.


soufiehere's photo
Mon 04/06/15 07:00 AM
Edited.
Do NOT target each other as opposed to the topic.

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Birqe's photo
Tue 04/07/15 10:45 AM
start by a lie and u will have to keep up the lies to cover for previous lies, its nothing to do with real woman, it never is

Kaustuv1's photo
Tue 04/07/15 10:56 AM
Policy of Honesty

Honesty refers to the quality of being honest, truthful and sincere. An honest man is fearless and courageous. He does not bow his head before others. He can face any situation in life with courage and confidence. Thus honesty is the best policy.


Causes of being Dishonest

Desire for money
Power of money today


We live in the world of competitions. There is a rat race for more and more wealth and power. It is an age of cut-throat competitions. People forget honesty. They want money and power through short-cut means. They want to be rich overnight. So they become dishonest. Businessman feels that they cannot makes money if they are honest.




Our social system is based on the power of money. So everybody is mad for money. An honest man often suffers. At times he has no money to maintain himself and his family. His sons and daughters may not get good education and medical treatment for lack of money. Money plays an important part in our society. A dishonest man lives more comfortably than an honest man. Thus faith in honesty is shaken. Even an honest man begins to think whether honesty is the best policy.


Advantages and Disadvantages of Honesty


Let us examine the whole thing critically. A dishonest man thinks that he will become rich by dishonest means. But this is not right. An honest man may be in trouble for want of money. But he will be happy in the end.


Money or wealth got through dishonest means does not last long. We earn it today and waste it tomorrow. A dishonest man is fearful, immoral and corrupt. He has no internal happiness. An honest man may be poor. But he is fearless, happy and contented. He is respected by all. But a dishonest man is hated in society.


Conclusion

A dishonest man may have some advantage for the time being. But he soon realizes his mistakes. A dishonest man is a curse to society. He ruins the whole system of society. Such a person should be punished. Even God is unhappy with him. So we should always believe in the saying, "Honesty is the best policy."flowerforyou

msharmony's photo
Tue 04/07/15 11:42 AM
Honesty is a great policy, but it doesnt exclude the equally great policy of silence,,,or discretion



Kaustuv1's photo
Wed 04/08/15 05:28 AM

Honesty is a great policy, but it doesnt exclude the equally great policy of silence,,,or discretion







"Well Said"!flowerforyou

SitkaRains's photo
Wed 04/08/15 04:53 PM

Honesty is a great policy, but it doesnt exclude the equally great policy of silence,,,or discretion




So well said.. I have seen some people use 'Honesty" as a so called weapon then in my opinion it is no longer honesty, but someones perception...

theseacoast's photo
Wed 04/08/15 06:37 PM
Edited by theseacoast on Wed 04/08/15 06:46 PM
What is really honesty and how much of it we trully want to see or to hear? And how much are we honest to others about ourselves? Not speaking about things that are always bad: cheating, lying, hypocrisy, etc. But I think that a lot of people, not excluding me, often wears masks in order to protect themselves, to show their better side and hide their weaknesses.

Somehow it seems to me that we like people which are honest and strong and we admire them. But what are our feelings when somebody honestly shows their weakness? Shall we say it took courage to expose themselves as vulnerable? Or shall we be offensed and annoyed by that? And if we would be annoyed by that, aren�t we hypocrits too?

I belive in honesty and to all my closer relations I am absolutely honest, in words and in behaviour, although looking for words when I have to say something that isn�t pleasent. And also ask honesty.

Just a thought...

Annierooroo's photo
Wed 04/08/15 06:52 PM
To build a good friendship/relationship needs to have honesty in the foundations.

Ps27114's photo
Wed 04/08/15 09:19 PM
How does a woman (any person) MAKE you HAVE TO lie? My thought: to tell the truth or lie is always your choice. Or you can change the discussion... and avoid the answer...

regularfeller's photo
Thu 04/09/15 09:53 PM

Honesty is the best policy and "cheaters never win" are among the best known sayings of all times, but are they true?
Does honesty really pay off? And if it does, Why there are so many liars, hypocrites and two faced people in the world?
Why is it that liars get ahead in life while honesty holds you back?
Why does it seem like dishonest people get ahead in life?


Because lying to people makes them like you. When people like you they help you. When people help you, you get ahead. As for cheaters never win, not possible. If you are faithful and your partner cheats with one other person they got you outscored 2 to 1.

needsum12luv's photo
Thu 04/09/15 11:55 PM
Edited by needsum12luv on Fri 04/10/15 12:00 AM


You would think they would be true. I believe we live in an evil world so I think that's why liars and cheaters get ahead. It's just like that saying nice guys finish last. I didn't believe that at first but it's true. You would think being nice would be beneficial but it's not. It seems like when you're nice, people take advantage of you. I guess that's just the type of world we live in.


What it boils down to is integrity. Honesty is a trait that one has or doesn't have. Whatever you are here, that's what you are anywhere if you're being honest with yourself and everyone around you. I will not trade my integrity for being placed in any position, even if it's last. If I can't be respected or appreciated for my honesty, then I'm just in the wrong place.

Spike1964's photo
Fri 04/10/15 12:56 AM
Edited by Spike1964 on Fri 04/10/15 01:10 AM
Just lie about everything that's what most people do on here oh I'm a retired millionaire lol being honest and too nice is my problem my evil twin brother is not an gets more luck with women then me wind's me up.

no photo
Fri 04/10/15 01:02 AM
there is a difference between honesty and truthfulness...

needsum12luv's photo
Fri 04/10/15 04:51 AM

there is a difference between honesty and truthfulness...


only in how it's used in a sentence.......they are synonymous

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Fri 04/10/15 04:58 AM
Edited by Pansytilly on Fri 04/10/15 05:03 AM


there is a difference between honesty and truthfulness...


only in how it's used in a sentence.......they are synonymous


lol...semantics vs meticulousness...:tongue: ....dont mind me... Carry on..:thumbsup:

Peace out waving