"One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission."
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"God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man."
"Honest hearts produce honest actions."
"Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth."
"Frankness invites frankness."
"There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world."
"The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many."
"Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another."
"What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered."
"Anything is better than lies and deceit!"
"But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts."
"The responsibilities of someone in a more free and open society are, again obviously, greater than those who may pay some cost for honesty and integrity."
"Good thoughts bear good fruit."
"Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon."
"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."
"An honest man's word is as good as his bond."
"Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart."
"Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not"
"Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie... But rather mourn the apathetic throng - The cowed and the meek - Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong And dare not speak!"
"Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights."