honestly is the best policy

January 21, 2007 5:44pm CST
they say honestly is the best policy but trust is not something can be earn easily . there is one time in my unit ( universtiy accommodation ) hosting a chocolate raising fund and they just put the chocolate on the table and whoever want a chocolate have to put down a buck and help yourself with it. The problem is the next day all the chocolate is gone including all the money. The person in charge has to pay a great deal for it and I personally feel sorry for her and she was a nice person to begin with. ( curse the person that took the chocolate and money). I don't think it is person from out unit but still as I already mention trust is not somehting that can be earned easily.
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@XxAngelxX (2830)
• Canada
21 Jan 07
You are right, it is hard to earn trust, especially when we are constantly subjected to people like this. Hopefully they will find the person who stole the money and an example can be made of them. I feel bad for the person having to pay for it as well but I guess it's a lesson learned. :(
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• India
22 Jan 07
ya i just agree with you friend ..but being honest is very difficult for a person...obtaining trust is differnt from honesty i think..isnt it
22 Jan 07
Honesty and trustworthy is not something that can be gained easily that why I don't simply trust people. I learned a lesson although it was my friend who loss all the money and chocolate/.
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@deepuj (591)
• India
22 Jan 07
Ya absolutely right, trust is something which is very hard earned , usually we trust only our friends or those whom we know for long, it comes with time, its important to keep the faith of those who trust u, coz it takes years to buid but can be broken by a single incedent, so being honest to all ur friends and also others will keep u in the good books of other. and if u looses the treust on someone tell him about thins, if his was a mistake he will definitely appologise and try to win back ur trust, this will help u from loosing a true friend who did jus 1 mistake.Trust all ppl. but dont trust the evil inside them.(with appologies to the dialogue writer of The italian job.)
@icequeen (2840)
• Canada
22 Jan 07
That is horrible. It is a shame that a few people have to ruin it for everyone else. But not everyone is like that. I still feel that honestly is best. I feel sorry for that girl though..since it was clearly not her fault. I guess that measures need to be put in place in these situations to ensure that theft doesn't occur..unfortunately that is the age we live in...
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22 Jan 07
That girl suppose to selling the stuff and not putting it in the common area . She put too much trust on us since we live together ( 10 people in unit ). This this will never happen back in the old days , it make you wonder where is all the person moral and virtue goes.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
22 Jan 07
I feel honesty is the best policy. Yes it can be hard because some may like it as they can't bear to hear the truth and so one might have have little support and may have to work harder but the success is much more sweeter and it's more permanent and there is satisfaction that you have your morals intact and that you have a clear conscience whioch i feel is important. And yes trust has to be earned. And it is sad to hear that someone will steal from charity both chocolate and money. I feel bad for the girl that had to pay for someone's else crime. I think they should search and find the person responsible and make that persobn pay for their crimes. Moreover that person will have guilty conscience which is not easy to live with. so that is bad enough. And yes that goes around , does come around. so one must always do good deeds.
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@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
21 Jan 07
I think if you are true to yourself and the people around you then you have a very dignified and admirable trait. Yet, there are people like the one who took the chocolate and money who are not and it's unfortunate. I really believe what comes around goes around and whoever did it will get what they deserve some other time and place. Honesty is a very good attribute to have and shouldn't be overlooked.
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
i agree with you. trust is really hard to give but very easy to loose. I do consider "honesty is the policy" as a golden rule. to add up to that, I've read this quote from billboards here our place and it says: Be honest, even if others are not. Be honest, even if others cannot. Be Honest, even if will not.
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@igreen (94)
• India
22 Jan 07
that was nice!! how did you get that !!
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
oh i forgot some words.. be honest, even if others are not. be honest, even if others cannot. be honest, even if will not.
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@makaira (1158)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
be honest, even if others are not. be honest, even if others cannot. be honest, even if others will not.
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@rubypatson (1841)
• India
22 Jan 07
Yes I agree Honesty is the best policy, but we hardly find any truthfull people around, People cheat all the time, what they gain by that is beyond me
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@maru_047in (1007)
• India
22 Jan 07
Ya it is a good saying but the it doesnot apply to everybody some people acts like that but in ur case it is true cause u know the best than i know rather so the person need to get something nicely for the thing that he had done to your friend and they have to realize the thing and compensate for her so that they ll get something good or else they might suffer for that cause no body should treat some body who is honesty.
• China
22 Jan 07
yes you're very right. and what make it worse is that sometimes you close friend or even your friends can do bad things to you. at this point of time, where honesty is not that important... as they say.. learn to be aware and be extra careful everyday of your life. we can hardly say that at this time, new friends are still the good person to keep and give our trust.
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@Redkitty (480)
• India
22 Jan 07
it is most impartent to everybody
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• India
22 Jan 07
it is really very difficult quality to be possessed..no one can be honest all the time.. it is also very important to note that it is all mainly dependent upon self consciousness...always being optimisitic and positive will automatically make u possess the quality to a certain level..this is my view
22 Jan 07
I agree with you but atleast people should be trying be honest all the time and do not throw away the trust that people give.
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• India
22 Jan 07
oh tat was realy sad , i hope u guys did help tat person in watever way u cud.... ya its true to say im honest n to be honest are 2 diff things in todays world the smarter ones survive n the poor loyal honest one sulk behind , so its no more a matter of pride to be honest but just a quality tat looks good on paper n to describe urself with! u kno honesty would count only among people who are honest while tghe rest would judge it using diff things n reasons ... so the world actually doesnt really care for that quality anymore
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22 Jan 07
some of us do help my friend but in the end she need to cover most of it her self. Not much we can do... we already report the incident to the high up but still the money need to be paid .
@dbeast (1495)
• India
22 Jan 07
i defintitely believe honesty is the best policy.but no one can tell the truth all the time.one needs to judge what is right and wrong before they tell the truth or lie about.one can lie as long as it is not going to hurt anyone.but being true to oneself and to your consience is what will take you a long way and make you feel peacefull in life.
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• India
22 Jan 07
Absolutely dude...But there are times when unscrupulous people like the person whom u mentioned(who stole both da money n chocz)get the better of you...If mankind followed all principles methodically then there would be no need for nither the police nor any law controlling force...I am not justifyin da person who stole dem but im just sayin dat thingz like these do happen which makes u generalize incidents like these...Just get on with the world n still be Honest n Trustworthy...I m sure it will be very uselful!
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@KHyuga (1694)
• Singapore
22 Jan 07
Agreed. What goes round comes round. I'm sure the guy will get his just desserts!
@cuhkiz (568)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
yeah, Honesty is the best virtues we have to keep in mind. Earning alot of trust from alot of people is like winning a lottery worth a billions :) If your honest you win alot of friends. and alot will love u no matter what you are.
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• Pakistan
22 Jan 07
Actually day by day honest people are decreasing and that one incident shows that. There are miliions of incident like that happening all over this world even as I speak. But yeah as long as you stay honest and true to yourself, you can stay honest and true to others.
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• India
22 Jan 07
Honesty is a high ideal that is not possible in practice wiyhin the human condition. It falla in the same category as telling the truth. Children are taught the principle of truth and honesty and then are lied to and deceived by parents,teachers and peers. In fact, in many cases, to hold righteously to honesty as a principle would mean to offend or do harm to others.
• Nepal
22 Jan 07
Honesty is the best policy. If you want to get success than you will be a honest person. Trust is another matter and honesty is another, if you can get trust from other person but honesty is totally depand in you. I think honest person is more success if he would go for work with honesty.
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
22 Jan 07
i honestly agree with you.. i mean, it's so hard to trust and earn someone's trust because of all the immoral people running free.. well, people take risks, you know.. i guess they deserve what they get. it's a lesson for us all to learn than there are people who're untrustworthy. so sad.. *sob!*
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@jmdace (19)
• India
22 Jan 07
hi dere i do go with ur honesty is the best policy saying but actually sayings r only meant for books n not real life means u cant always be honest n earn well so if u want to earn well honesty isnt the best policy
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