A promise is a promise, a promise cannot be recalled. -China proverb

Be honest with people, and people don't bully me; Nothing can be accomplished by being honest with things.

-(middle) Feng Yuxiang

Credit is both an intangible force and an intangible wealth.

—— (Japan) Kōnosuke Matsushita

Conscience is the sentry in each of us. It is on duty and stands guard there, watching us not to do anything illegal. -(British) Mao Mu

A promise is a promise, but a promise is a promise. -China proverb

If you live an honest life, you will surely have a clear conscience.

-(Su) Gorky

Don't lie, don't be afraid of the truth. -(Russia) Leo Tolstoy

Confession is the product of honesty and courage. -(America) Mark Twain

slipped, you can stand up immediately; If you break your promise, you may never get it back.

-(America) Franklin

It is more important for a person to keep his promise than to guard his property. -(France) Moliere

Be true to yourself and you won't cheat others. -(British) Shakespeare

Credit is hard to come by. The credit accumulated in 1 years' effort will often be lost due to temporary words and deeds. -(Japan) Daisaku Ikeda

The most important thing in interpersonal relationships is sincerity, and it must come from the heart. Sincerity is an invincible sword in society, and you should take it with you wherever you go.

-(middle) San Mao

Credit is like a mirror. As long as there are cracks, it can't be connected as it used to be. -(Switzerland) Amir

All that glitters is not gold; Beautiful words are not all good words.

-(British) Shakespeare

Keeping promises is better than being famous. -(America) Roosevelt

Honesty is better than all ingenuity, and it is the basic condition of ingenuity.

-(Germany) Kant

People who have lost their credit are dead in this world. -(British) harbert

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) 1. Keeping your promise is like defending your honor. -(France) Balzac

A promise is a promise, a promise cannot be recalled. -China proverb

Be honest with people, and people don't bully me; Nothing can be accomplished by being honest with things.

-(middle) Feng Yuxiang

Credit is both an intangible force and an intangible wealth.

-Kōnosuke Matsushita

Conscience is the sentry in each of us. It is on duty there, watching us not to do anything illegal. -(British) Mao Mu

A promise is a promise, but a promise is a promise. -China proverb

If you live an honest life, you will surely have a clear conscience.

-(Su) Gorky

Don't lie, don't be afraid of the truth. -(Russia) Leo Tolstoy

Confession is the product of honesty and courage. -(America) Mark Twain

slipped, you can stand up immediately; If you break your promise, you may never get it back.

1. Han Xin

When Han Xin was down and out, a floating mother gave him food. When Han Xin left her, she told her that she would come to repay her later. Later, Han Xin became the king of Chu, and he did not forget his old kindness. He gave his mother a thousand taels of gold.

Second, Soong Ching Ling once made an appointment with a primary school to visit pupils. But on the appointed date, it rained heavily, and the students thought that Grandma Soong Ching Ling could not come, but Soong Ching Ling still went to the appointment in the rain, which made the students very moved.

Third, five stories of honesty. When he was fourteen, he was recommended to the emperor as a child prodigy. The emperor summoned him and asked him to take the exam at the same time with more than 1 Jinshi. As a result, Yan Shu found that he had just practiced the exam ten days ago, so he reported it to Zhenzong truthfully and asked to change other topics. Song Zhenzong highly appreciated Yan Shu's honesty and gave him the title of "fellow Jinshi". When Yan Shu took office, the world was at peace. As a result, officials of all sizes in Beijing often visit the suburbs or hold various banquets in restaurants and teahouses in the city. Yan Shu was poor and had no money to go out to eat, drink and be merry, so he had to read and write articles with his brothers at home. One day, Zhenzong promoted Yan Shu to be the East Palace official who assisted the Prince in his studies. Ministers were surprised and didn't understand why Zhenzong made such a decision. Zhenzong said: "Recently, the ministers often play and have banquets. Only Yan Shu studies behind closed doors, so he is self-respecting and cautious, which is the right candidate for the East Palace official." Yan Shu thanked him and said, "I am actually a person who likes to play and eat, but my family is poor. If I had money, I would have participated in the banquet tour. " These two things made Yan Shu establish credibility in front of his ministers, and Song Zhenzong trusted him more.

2. Comparison between Washington and Nixon and Clinton

Washington cut down a cherry tree of his father with a small axe. Father was very angry when he saw that his beloved tree was cut down, and threatened to teach that tree-chopping a lesson. And Washington admitted his mistake in front of his angry father. Father was moved, saying that Washington's honesty is much more precious than all cherry trees. It was also American President Nixon who was forced to take the blame and resign because he lied in the Watergate Incident. Clinton was also impeached for lying in the disgraceful scandal. One is loved and respected for his honesty, and the other two have left a stain on political history for lying.

3. Comparison between Standing on the Wood as the Faith and the Stages of the Beacon Play

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shang Yang of Qin presided over the political reform with the support of Qin Xiaogong. At that time, at the time of frequent wars and panic, in order to establish prestige and promote reform, Shang Yang ordered a 3-foot-long wood to be erected outside the south gate of the capital, and made a promise in public: who can move this wood to the north gate will be rewarded with twelve taels. Onlookers don't believe that such an easy thing can get such a high reward, so no one is willing to give it a try. So Shang Yang raised the reward to 5 gold. There must be a brave man under the four rewards. Finally, someone stood up and carried the wood to the north gate. Shang Yang immediately rewarded him with fifty gold. Shang Yang's move established prestige in the hearts of the people, and Shang Yang's next reform was soon popularized in Qin State. The new law made the State of Qin gradually strong and eventually unified China.

In the same place where Shang Yang's "building a tree as a letter", 4 years ago, there was a ridiculous farce of "playing a vassal in a bonfire".

Zhou Youwang has a favorite princess named Bao Si. In order to win her smile, Zhou Youwang ordered more than 2 beacon towers near the capital to light bonfires-bonfires are the signal of border warning, which can only be lit when foreign enemies invade and need to call governors to rescue them. As a result, when the princes saw the bonfire, they led the soldiers to arrive in a hurry, realized that this was a trick for the king to smile for his wife, and then left angrily. I finally smiled happily when I saw that the princes who had great prestige on weekdays were at a loss. Five years later, you Yi Tai Rong attacked Zhou on a large scale, and the bonfire of you Wang reignited, but the princes did not arrive-no one wanted to be fooled again. As a result, you Wang was forced to commit suicide and praised and captured.

a "standing on a tree to win the trust" promises a thousand dollars; An emperor didn't believe it, playing the game of "wolf coming". As a result, the former succeeded in political reform and the country was strong; The latter, bring disgrace to oneself, died. It can be seen that "faith" plays a very important role in the rise and fall of a country.

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There is a story in "Yu Ion" that a businessman in Jiyang lost his life because of breaking his promise. When he was crossing the river, his boat sank. He grabbed a hemp pole and shouted for help. A fisherman heard the sound. The businessman quickly shouted, "I am the richest man in Jiyang. If you can save me, I will give you 1 taels of gold.". After being rescued ashore, the businessman turned against him and refused to admit it. He only gave the fisherman 1 taels of gold. The fisherman accused him of breaking his word and going back on his word. The rich man said, "You are a fisherman. You can't earn much money all your life. Aren't you satisfied with suddenly getting twelve taels of gold?" My husband had to be disgruntled. Unexpectedly, the rich man capsized in the same place again. Someone tried to save him, and the man who had been cheated by him said, "He is the man who keeps his word!" " So the merchant drowned. It is accidental that the businessman capsized twice and met the same husband, but it is expected that the businessman will not be rewarded well. Because if a person doesn't keep his word, he will lose the trust of others. Therefore, once he is in trouble, no one is willing to rescue him. Those who break their word to others, once in trouble, have to sit back and wait.

5. Ji Bu's "a promise as good as a promise" saved him from disaster

At the end of Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu, who always kept his word and had a very high reputation. Many people established a strong friendship with him. At that time, there was even a proverb: "It is better to get a promise than a hundred pounds of gold." (This is the origin of the idiom "a promise is worth a thousand pounds") Later, he offended Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and was offered a reward for his capture. As a result, his old friends were not only not confused by the heavy money, but also risked the extinction of the nine clans to protect him from disaster. If a person is honest and trustworthy, he will naturally get a lot of help and gain everyone's respect and friendship. On the other hand, if you covet temporary comfort or petty advantages and lose faith in your friends, you will get "benefits" on the surface. But for this benefit, he ruined his reputation, which is much more important than material things. Therefore, breaking a promise to a friend is tantamount to losing a watermelon to pick up sesame seeds, which is not worth the loss.

(For details, please refer to the Central Literature Publishing House of the Youth Ideological and Moral Education Reader)

6\ The Story of Honesty

In the early years, few foreigners set foot in the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal. Later, many Japanese people came here for sightseeing, which is said to be due to the honesty of a teenager.

One day, several Japanese photographers invited a local teenager to buy beer, and the teenager ran for more than three hours.

The next day, the boy volunteered to buy beer for them again. The photographers gave him a lot of money this time, but the boy didn't come back until the afternoon of the third day. As a result, photographers talked about it one after another, and all thought that the boy cheated the money away. On the third night, the boy knocked on the photographer's door. It turned out that he only bought four bottles of beer in one place, so he climbed a mountain and crossed a river to buy another six bottles, and broke three bottles when he returned. He cried and took the broken glass and handed back the change to the photographer. All the people present were moved. This story deeply touched many foreigners. Later, more and more tourists came here.

7\ Story of Honesty

In the riverside park in new york, there is a "Monument to the Soldiers Killed in the Civil War", and many tourists come to pay homage to the dead every year. The tomb of General Grant, the 18th President of the United States and commander in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War, is located in the north of the park. The mausoleum is tall, majestic, solemn and simple. Behind the mausoleum, there is a large green lawn that stretches to the boundary of the park and the edge of the steep cliff.

Behind General Grant's mausoleum, closer to the cliff, there is a tomb of a child. It's a tiny and ordinary tomb, and anywhere else, you may ignore its existence. Like most American tombs, it has only a small tombstone. On the tombstone and a nearby wooden sign, there is a touching story about honesty:

The story happened in 1797 more than 2 years ago. This year, when the small owner of this land was five years old, he accidentally fell from the cliff here and died. His father was heartbroken and buried him here, and built such a small mausoleum as a souvenir. A few years later, the family fortune declined and the old owner had to transfer the land. Out of love for his son, he made a strange request to the future land owner. He asked the new owner to take the child's mausoleum as a part of the land and never destroy it. The new owner agreed and wrote this condition into the contract. In this way, the child's mausoleum was preserved.

a hundred years have passed. I don't know how many times this land has been sold, and I don't know how many owners have changed. The child's name has long been forgotten by the world, but the child's mausoleum is still there. It is preserved intact according to one sales contract after another. In 1897, this land of geomantic omen was chosen as the cemetery of General Grant. The government became the owner of this land, and the tomb of the unknown child was preserved intact in the hands of the government and became a neighbor of General Grant's tomb. The tomb of a great historical creator and the tomb adjacent to the tomb of an unknown child may be a unique wonder in the world.

Another hundred years later, in 1997, in memory of General Grant, then new york Mayor Giuliani came here. At that time, it happened to be the centenary of the establishment of General Grant's mausoleum and the bicentennial of the child's death. Mayor Giuliani personally wrote this touching story and carved it on the wooden sign, standing next to the tomb of the unknown child, so that this story about honesty can be passed down from generation to generation ...

8 \ Story about honesty

[ Story 2] A soldier was very bad at long-distance running, so he was in an army cross-country race. After turning several corners, I met a fork in the road, a road marked by an officer; The other road is marked as a path for soldiers to run. He paused, and although he was dissatisfied with the fact that being an officer was cheap even for cross-country races, he still ran towards the soldier's path. I didn't expect to reach the finish line after half an hour, but I was ranked first. He felt incredible. He had never made a ranking, not to mention running in the top 5. However, the officer in charge of the race smiled and congratulated him on winning the race.

a few hours later, a large number of people arrived, exhausted from running, and surprised to see him win. But suddenly everyone realized how important it is to be honest and trustworthy at the fork in the road.

[ Story 3] The story of killing pigs. Zeng Shen, a famous thinker and coward in Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, was one of the 72 sages of Confucius' protege. He is knowledgeable and versatile, and attaches great importance to self-cultivation and moral integrity. Once, his wife had to go to the market on business, and the young children clamored to go. Zeng Shen's wife didn't want to take the children, so she said to him, "You have fun at home. When mom comes back, she will kill cook the meat, the pig at home, and give it to you." Hearing this, the child was very happy and stopped clamoring to go to the market. This was meant to be a joke for the children, but after that, Zeng Shen's wife forgot. Unexpectedly, Zeng Shen really killed a pig at home. When his wife saw that Zeng Shen had killed the pig, she said, "I didn't say that I would kill the pig and burn the meat for him until I came back from the market. How can you take it seriously?" Zeng Shen said: "Children can't be deceived. Children are young and don't understand the world, so they have to learn from others, especially their parents. Today you cheat the child and defile his mind, tomorrow the child will cheat you and others; Today, you break your word in front of your children, and tomorrow your children will no longer trust you. See how harmful this is. "

one thing: a rich gentleman in 18th century England was walking home late one night when he was stopped by a little boy who was unkempt and ragged. "Please buy a pack of matches, sir," said the little boy. I won't buy it. The gentleman replied. The gentleman walked away from the boy. "Sir, please buy a bag. What am I still doing today?"