Quotes About Openness

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

I think it takes a lot of confidence to be comfortable in being vulnerable.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.

If we have confidence in our own beliefs, we should not fear freedom of thought.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Soften my hard self-opinionatedness which time has hardened so exceedingly!

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.

It's really cool to be around people that are younger than you who are really cool with being open about stuff.

Most people are really cool and I really don't mind talking to them and answering their questions.

Never think that you already know all. However highly you are appraised, always have the courage to say to yourself-I am ignorant.

To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.

No matter what identity we cling to, it takes great courage to step out of the old masks we wear and the old scripts that we live by, and open ourselves to the mysterious inner core of our being.

Never bury something deep, baby. Takes twice as much courage to be who you are, say what you think, feel what you feel and let it show then it does to bury it.

To accept whatever comes, regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid.

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

I think what we (as a society) need from artists of all kinds is courage, a willingness to explore, and a really big sense of possibility.

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.