CHAPTER VII.
HONESTY, THE CHARACTER BUILDER Just as the straight line is the shortest distance between two points so is honesty the only proper attitude of one person toward another.
Without it there is no understanding possible.

It must always remain supreme as a quality without which character becomes a sham, a superficial thing that has no basis in fact.

_The ability to look the other fellow in the eye_ is as necessary to character as the foundation is to a house.

It comes out of that "_great within_" which we are now exploring.

It arises from the courageous facing of our weaknesses and becomes a part of the man _who knows himself and laughs with life_, at the mere joy of living, doing, accomplishing ...