"Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment."

-- William Lyon Phelps

#Honesty Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Reputation Quotes

“The life of every man is an endlessly repeated performance of the life of man.”

Source : 1954 An Autobiography, ch.1.
“Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning.”
“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”
“Maybe you'll get lucky." I said bleakly, lurching on my feet. "Maybe I'll get hit by a truck on my way back.”
“Any prudent business looks at the reality and how to maximize our investment.”
“I'm getting grumpier all the time.”
“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
“Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.”

Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.11, Xist Publishing

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