Honesty Is the Best Policy
Good morning to one and all, today I, Ansh Arvind of class XI-A, am here to present a speech on the topic “Honesty is the best policy”. When I was given this topic I was flabbergasted. I didn’t know what to do and thought of the only option that is to search for it on the internet. As I turned my computer on, I realized that by doing this I was not being honest towards myself.
This quotation ‘Honesty is the best policy’ was said by many great men. These include the great writer, author and poet, William Shakespeare and the famous writer Mark Twain and Steve Landesberg.
Honesty, the quality of being honest, is a value which can be defined in multiple ways. In the context of human communication, people are generally said to be honest when they tell the truth to the best of their knowledge and do not hide what they know or think. Apart from being truthful, honesty is also generally thought to involve abstaining from unfair behavior, such as stealing or cheating on a test. It is the quality of being honest.
In the modern world of today everything moves fast .Almost all of us qfeel a part of this rat race towards success, fame or money. Lost in this we seem to forget the morals and values that are the very basis of our existence and tend to believe that ''everything is fair in love and war, even if it involves using unfair means or lying. Here we are faced with the question ''is honesty always the best policy''.
The question is not as easy as it may seem since opinions will dwindle depending on the context of the situation. However if I had to choose one, I would prefer to go the archaic way and say that honesty is certainly the best policy.
The reason for advocating this is the firm belief in the fact that no matter how hard hearted or success driven we become, the core of a man always remains same. Hypocritical hankering for materialistic comforts may give temporary happiness but if we achieve something by using unfair means our conscience is always
This quotation ‘Honesty is the best policy’ was said by many great men. These include the great writer, author and poet, William Shakespeare and the famous writer Mark Twain and Steve Landesberg.
Honesty, the quality of being honest, is a value which can be defined in multiple ways. In the context of human communication, people are generally said to be honest when they tell the truth to the best of their knowledge and do not hide what they know or think. Apart from being truthful, honesty is also generally thought to involve abstaining from unfair behavior, such as stealing or cheating on a test. It is the quality of being honest.
In the modern world of today everything moves fast .Almost all of us qfeel a part of this rat race towards success, fame or money. Lost in this we seem to forget the morals and values that are the very basis of our existence and tend to believe that ''everything is fair in love and war, even if it involves using unfair means or lying. Here we are faced with the question ''is honesty always the best policy''.
The question is not as easy as it may seem since opinions will dwindle depending on the context of the situation. However if I had to choose one, I would prefer to go the archaic way and say that honesty is certainly the best policy.
The reason for advocating this is the firm belief in the fact that no matter how hard hearted or success driven we become, the core of a man always remains same. Hypocritical hankering for materialistic comforts may give temporary happiness but if we achieve something by using unfair means our conscience is always