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Be A Honest Failure

Submitted by Pravs J on Sunday, 5 July 200928 Comments

Be A Honest Failure


I would prefer to be a honest failure,
than to be a corrupt success.

Pravs J - A Honest Failure

Pravs J - A Honest Failure

28 Comments »

  • Eliane Cerchiari said:

    JUST PERFECT..!!!!

    - 5 July 2009 at 7:18 pm
  • Meg said:

    Sooo right!

    - 5 July 2009 at 8:16 pm
  • Gaurav said:

    Its good to be an “Honest Failure” but wot should one (honest) do if da failure is going to be in case of his true love (a girl), where a corrupted person is getting success by cheating wid honest person’s love ???????????

    Is still “Honesty is the best policy” in today’s practical life, where many of us want to get success by deceiving ????

    If anybody can give me a sincere answer of this question????

    - 5 July 2009 at 8:24 pm
  • bat said:

    It is very rare to find Honesty nowadays.

    Thank you Pravs J.

    - 6 July 2009 at 12:00 am
  • Jessica said:

    Dear Gaurav,

    A honest man should not change his own nature just because of a person who does not appreciate honesty. By changing so, he would then be one of the corrupted party. I think the honest one should stand by his nature and one day a TRUE love shall appreciate him. Rather than changing one self to suit someone who would not appreciate.

    - 6 July 2009 at 1:16 am
  • Gaurav said:

    Thanks Jessica 4 ur valuable suggestion.

    - 6 July 2009 at 3:24 am
  • Sue said:

    Truly good!! Succeeding through unscrupulous ways leads to losing one’s soul on the way; of what sense is life when lived without a soul? Being an honest failure allows one to be able to look oneself in the eye without fear or regret or shame ………… this allows one to lead life with a clear conscience. Thanks Pravs!

    - 6 July 2009 at 4:03 am
  • VEDA said:

    Fed up with failures being honest. Will it give a success in futur?

    - 6 July 2009 at 4:29 am
  • dhanya said:

    Gaurav,
    Lots of people do succeed through corrupt ways in this world but that doesnot mean that we should also follow thier path. True happiness and peace is what honest people enjoy. A robber grabbed a few lakhs by killing a business man doesnot mean that we should kill innocent men inorder to be rich. Whatever peace and hapiness we attain through honest deeds will not be attained or atleast enjoyed by us if it was attained through some corrupt deeds.Take my word.. :))May God bless you to be honest and happy throughout your life!!!! :))
    Dhanya

    - 6 July 2009 at 4:37 am
  • Islam said:

    being an honest failure while bravely daring is much better being succesfull while cheating .
    yes very, true die while trying better than live while cheating.

    - 6 July 2009 at 5:08 am
  • Sujish said:

    Nice answer, Jessica

    - 6 July 2009 at 5:19 am
  • kriti said:

    nice to hear it Pravs…and I personally agree with it…but I don’t think there are much takers for this thought these days…ppl want success at any cost…and yes I mean AT ANY COST…down the line sometimes maybe their soul awakes and they may feel bad for the wrongs they have done to achieve suyccess but definitely very few ppl give it a thought when it comes to choosing between honest failure and corrupt success…

    - 6 July 2009 at 5:20 am
  • kuttuva said:

    Its Shocking to see the Comments…Different Peoples are having Different Attitude over this wordings…Lets always thing in a Positive Way

    - 6 July 2009 at 7:09 am
  • hima said:

    it is the basic manner tat 1 should learn

    - 6 July 2009 at 8:09 am
  • Ntombizonke said:

    Very profound

    - 6 July 2009 at 8:54 am
  • Kumar said:

    PERFECT……

    Now a days its rare to find this kind of nature but I like to tell you that the happiness one gets in accepting the mistakes will be far higher than achieving success at any cost.

    Friends, going forward please try to follow this you will definately feel the difference. I am sure you will grow higher in whatever you are doing by accepting your mistakes and by making sure of not committing the same mistakes again in future.

    HAVE FUN …..

    Thanks
    Kumar

    - 6 July 2009 at 5:05 pm
  • Gaurav said:

    Dhanya, u r right, but wots a true happiness, wen someone is failing…happiness comes only wen u succeed (as i believe, for me)…wen u r getting failed, its just dat, one has to satisfy himself thru some means…but ultimately dat doesn’t bring happiness…its just da change in da way of thinking abt world…

    - 6 July 2009 at 5:43 pm
  • samannaz said:

    thanks

    - 7 July 2009 at 5:13 am
  • PATIENCE said:

    IT TAKES A STRONGHEART STRENGHTENED FROM A STRONG SOURCE TO STAND THE BATTLE OF HONESTY.

    - 7 July 2009 at 11:19 am
  • Pravs J (author) said:

    Interesting perspectives by all. I believe that satisfaction of doing things the right way is much more than through other means.

    @Gaurav - Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.

    - 7 July 2009 at 5:24 pm
  • Ritu :-) said:

    Hi Gaurav,
    Referring to your statements and pain, i can only say , that u should not be sad, because ur Girl has lost The one who loved her
    truely and deeply, where as you have lost The one who never loved u. So idealy the loss is not urs its her’s. God Bless and stay good.
    Sorry if by mistake i hurt u. Take care :-)

    - 7 July 2009 at 5:32 pm
  • Sallyann said:

    Gaurav, have you ever thought that the girl is going with the corrupt person because deep down she does not see herself good enough for you? Perhaps she can not handle honesty. If you are indeed honest, do not change, be yourself. If you were to change you would be even more unhappy, you wouldn’t be able to find any peace. Many times people leave someone and others think how could they do that; the person they left was a gift, etc… or they purposely do things to make the good person leave. They do this subconciously, and then when it happens they tell themselves, see I knew it was going to happen. They have some real issues, I believe that parents my age have done a disservice to our children and grandchildren. We wanted our children to have what we didn’t, we made excuses for them, we were too busy for them, etc… and now we have these children hungry for self-worth (not that they would tell you that), looking for discpline in their lives, looking for love, wondering what did they do wrongn not satisfied with anything, always wanting more material items, and on and on. I am not saying that it was that way for all of us but many and it has affected our off-spring.

    Keep your values and honesty and it will happen. For years I thought that I would never be happy, never find anyone, but I did and of all places we met at a charity event. By the way that was 19 years ago.

    We do not need another person to make ourselves whole, but we do need friends and to give to others that will make them feel good. Just a smile or a compliment will change a person’s whole day. Or maybe a comment in a blog. Good luck!

    - 8 July 2009 at 11:31 pm
  • hassan bitar said:

    LESS BAD

    - 9 July 2009 at 4:57 pm
  • rebecca said:

    honest failure is an acknowledgment of unfulfilled dreams, with clear intention.
    utilizing corrupt mechanism just to be successful equals guilty conscience, a total of everlasting misfortune.

    - 12 July 2009 at 6:25 am
  • zaish said:

    yea but the fear of world makes us to choose corrupt success n not honest failure.we r always ugly for success n always want to snatch it by all means no matter how?

    - 22 July 2009 at 7:08 am
  • Gaurav said:

    One good equation for —

    Believe => Be(Lie)ve => Lie + [Be(+)ve];

    whenever 1st one attacks on you, you must reverse-attack by 2nd one. As lie dont hv legs, so u will be a profound winner !!!

    - 3 August 2009 at 4:35 pm
  • Merlion said:

    What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. It is how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. Attitudes are more important than facts. Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude toward towards us.

    “An honest man is always a child.”
    Socrates

    - 8 August 2009 at 7:33 am
  • Joe said:

    Quote above explains a lot,
    me still learning ;-)

    - 5 September 2009 at 11:38 am

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