Honesty: 'Honestly appraise your defects, and diligently seek to minimize them. Self examination often only reveals that we cannot honestly examine ourselves. Be honest, and know yourself! But what good is knowing if you attempt to do nothing with the knowledge?'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Honest self-examination reveals flaws but often fails; true honesty requires acting on what you learn.
- In plain terms
- Know yourself and use that knowledge to improve.
- What can you take from it?
- Turn self-awareness into action.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What flaw do you struggle to admit?
- What will you do differently after knowing yourself better?
Another view
Sometimes honest self-evaluation is too painful to face.
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