--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Peery, Joseph S. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 5 published: 1919-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Peery, Joseph S., "Success Comes Only Through Honesty," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 5 (March 1919): 387.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2205unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2205unse start_page: 387 end_page: 387 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2205unse publication_year: 1919 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Success Comes Only Through Honesty Success Comes Only Through Honesty By Joseph S. Peery, Superintendent Y. M. M. I. A., Liberty Stake Emerson said: "It is not very important to me that some- body else cheats me, but it is very important to me that I do not cheat somebody else." A young man may "put it over" another in business once, but he can not do it twice. A dishonest act destroys confidence. The news travels, and every one is afraid to trust a person who has shown himself to be unreliable. Competition is so keen, young man, that only through honesty can you hope to succeed. Be four-square in all your dealings, and you will get the approval of yourself and the com- munity. Of greater importance, is Eternal Judgment on our every deed. "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good" (Prov. 15:3). The Almighty will not look upon dishonest and unrighteous acts with impunity.