Quotes about Candor
When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
— Mark Twain
There is no wisdom like frankness.
— Benjamin Disraeli
This world would be a much more interesting place…although it is very interesting, anyhow…if people spoke out their real thoughts.
— LM Montgomery
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
— Charles Dickens
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.
— Jimmy Carter
I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.
— Robert Kiyosaki
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.
— Alice Hoffman
In Washington, D. C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth.
— Joe Biden
Could you be anything but bluntly honest with a wide-awake human being?
— Frank Herbert
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
— St. Jerome
Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.
— Walter Mondale
Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine.
— Euripides