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Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author
Honesty

"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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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
Honesty

"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."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Honesty

"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."

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician
Honesty

"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."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Honesty

"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."

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Ralph Chaplin Labor activist, writer, artist
Honesty

"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!"

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