To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Holding a belief while acting against it is a form of dishonesty.
- In plain terms
- Your actions should match what you say you believe.
- What can you take from it?
- Align your behavior with your principles.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do your actions reflect your stated beliefs?
- Where might you be compromising your values?
Another view
Sometimes people act against beliefs due to external pressure or survival.
More from Mahatma Gandhi
This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed.
Permalink to quote #231 To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend. There is no merit in lov…
Permalink to quote #233 This freedom from all attachment is the realisation of God as Truth.
Permalink to quote #230
Related quotes
What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw quote #127 The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful to truth must make him…
Charles PeguyCharles Peguy quote #3 I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn…
Frances FarmerFrances Farmer quote #7