The person who is fully devoted to the work assigned to him with intention to give his best is the honest person and we can judge him on his performance.

Answered by Mukesh 6666 , an ibibo Advisor, at 12:14 PM on January 15, 2009

You must mean how to gauge them.
Time proves them right. If you want to judge them, take any means or route and I am sure such a person will prove true to be worth his salt.

Answered by Vijay Kayal , an ibibo Master, at 9:55 AM on January 15, 2009

To know who is the honest person is sometimes found more complicated than just being honest, kind or virtuous. Some religions have arisen with the attempt to evaluate the difference between good (honesty) and evil.
However, every individual’s journey is distinct from others. To be honest has a lot to do with discovering own self and the role in the world.
The popular accepted steps to be honest (good);

1. Be proactive: Do good things rather than just avoiding bad things. Judge the results: It does not matter whether you have done good things.
2. What matters is the results. If your results are good; you have done the good things. Other wise nothing has been done in the name of good. Not every attempt to do good will end with good results, so when things don't work out, be willing to reconsider your actions and change them accordingly.
3. Consider the greater good. People often do right things for the wrong reasons, and wrong things for the right reasons. For what is good, ultimately, you have to decide on your own code of ethics.
4. Be balanced. In the struggle to be good, it's easy to swing from one extreme to another. However, avoid all extreme ways and go by middle.
Now to honest;

• It's good to be humble and kind, but is it not good to be so humble and kind that you let people walk all over you. That would damage your physical and emotional health, or lessens your ability to care for. Spend and provide time for your family.
• It's good to be responsible; but not extra ordinary responsible.
• It's good to be positive. It's good to be honest, but not to be so honest that you hurt people's feelings unnecessarily, violate someone's privacy or prevent someone from finding answers that they might need to find for themselves.
• Give peoples the benefit of the doubt. Do not jump in to conclusions immediately after meting group of people.
• Believe in the power of your actions to influence others. When other people see you doing good deeds, they will be reminded to take more positive action themselves.
• Avoid lying whenever possible. With the exception of lies that protect others' feelings, telling the truth is always easier than lying. And forcing yourself to always tell the truth means that you'll be motivated to make better choices when confronted with dilemmas in life.
• Keep in mind that for which you are grateful and do good on that basis. If you do good to get good, your expectations will eventually be unmet.

However, normally and initially an honest person is easily duped or cheated.

Answered by Ramcharan , an ibibo Master, at 8:04 PM on January 14, 2009

There are so many honest people in our coutry we must support them. our prime minister is also an honest and upright person. We must support them and respect them. They are so many we can count . All are not bad .This country had many great and honest people like Gandhiji Nehru, Mother Thereasa m and many more others. EVen now there are many who are honest.

Answered by Sachin Samy , an ibibo Master, at 7:47 PM on January 14, 2009

honesty cannot be judged in one day. it is the dealing of that person which over thw period of time tells u or makes u feel how much true he is with u.

and i believe there exists such people.

Answered by p kumar , an ibibo Citizen, at 6:04 PM on January 14, 2009