Quotes About Candor

The hands are strangely shy, until suddenly they turn eloquent. And then their candor could make you weep. A woman might fall in love with the hands. Though only if the woman were nearly as foolish as my little even-sister—which, luckily, doesn't seem to be possible." Tej threw a pillow at her.

Was Lamont's reluctance simple candor—or splendid calculation?

Honest people are a refuge: You know they mean what they say; you know they will not say one thing to your face and another behind your back; you know they will tell you when they think you have failed—and for this reason their praise cannot be mistaken for mere flattery.

Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Knowing that we will attempt to tell the truth, whatever the circumstances, leaves us with little to prepare for. Knowing that we told the truth in the past leaves us with nothing to keep track of. We can simply be ourselves in every moment.

I say it the way it is. I don't play around. That has been my success, in my opinion, for Mississauga.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.

Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of the species.

Shelby is brutally honest. That's why Maravelle likes her. Maravelle is brutally honest too. You can't have many friends if you act that way, but you can depend on the ones you have.

Candor disarms paranoia.

The truth may be inconvenient, but it's better than anything else.

The clever words leaked out of his mind and he spoke without thinking, looking her straight in the eye. Maybe this was what honesty felt like.

There's nothing unpatriotic about the truth," muttered Leo, wondering whether there might be.

In Washington, D. C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed.

I don't have secrets in my life. Everything is out there.

One of my biggest problems in life has been my inability to lie.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness

I have this propensity to just come out and say things. That's how I am in real life.

I have ventured to write more intimately about my personal life than is customary for a member of the Supreme Court, and with that candor comes a measure of vulnerability.

I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!

Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.

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