Quotes About Candor

It is better to reveal a weakness than allow oneself be suspected of a vice.

I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.

My life is an open book. With illustrations.

occurs, it means we can see through your pants. It's too

I remember the longing inside my head, [her] beautiful letters, mine, my fingers tracing the ridges of consonants, questions and postscripts littering margins, uncontainable form, the page a stage for candor. To know another is the terrible work of love, is it not? — Jennifer Chang, from "In the Middle of My Life," The American Poetry Review (September/October 2021, vol. 50, no.5)

The truth is usually inappropriate.

The truth is usually inappropriate," Caroline said. "That's why we avoid speaking of it

Never bullshit a bullshitter.

That is what you love a friend for: the ability to change your angle of vision, bring back your best self when you feel worst. And speak the truth -- but without malice. Loving candour is the secret of friendship.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

What I have found in similar settings is that good leadership (for instance, on the part of head nurses who demonstrate a commitment to safety and to openness), together with a clear, shared understanding that the work is complex and interdependent, can help groups build psychological safety, which in turn enables the candor that is so essential to ensuring the quality of patient care in modern hospitals.

Framing the work is not something that leaders do once, and then it's done. Framing is ongoing. Frequently calling attention to levels of uncertainty or interdependence helps people remember that they must be alert and candid to perform well.

Let's look more closely at what was accomplished here with very few, very precise words. Although clearly an extreme case, the human interactions in this extraordinary situation provide a compelling demonstration that clarity and candor do not necessarily mean getting bogged down in endless discussions. Psychological safety does not imply excessive talking and over-processing.

The Braintrust's recipe is fairly simple: a group of directors and storytellers watches an early run of the movie together, eats lunch together, and then provides feedback to the director about what they think worked and what did not. But the recipe's key ingredient is candor. And candor, though simple, is never easy.

Psychological safety enables candor and openness and, as such, thrives in an environment of mutual respect. It means that people believe they can – and must – be forthcoming at work. In fact, psychological safety is conducive to setting ambitious goals and working toward them together. Psychological safety sets the stage for a more honest, more challenging, more collaborative, and thus also more effective work environment.

I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

We might as well be true with ourselves.

The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.

I am a person who can never pretend and manipulate - I am what you see me as.

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

I don't pretend; I'm honest. Sometimes that causes a problem; I always say what I think.

I can't pretend to do something I don't like.

I'm pretty much an open book.