Candor Quotes - Page 2

• There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin.

  Simon Greenleaf

  Truth, Teaching, May

  Simon Greenleaf (1846). “An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice: With an Account of the Trial of Jesus”, p.21

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• Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

  Madame de Stael

  Quality, Noble, Genius

  "Alemania". Libro de Madame de Stael, 1813.

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• ¿Por qué se te acelera el corazón, Tris?

  Veronica Roth

  Corazón, Carreras, Tris

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• Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.

  Adlai Stevenson I

  Self, Political, Soul

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• Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.

  Anne Rice

  Lying, Believe, Purpose

  Anne Rice (2013). “The Wolf Gift”, p.537, Random House

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• There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

  William Hazlitt

  Mind, Body, Exposure

  'Sketches and Essays' (1839) 'On Disagreeable People'

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• You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Art, Men, Noses

  "Aforismos sobre el hombre" de Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).

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• I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.

  George Voinovich

  Years, Four, Want

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• Ser sincero, en la fraseología de Middlemarch, significaba aprovechar una oportunidad temprana para hacer saber a tus amigos que no veías con buenos ojos su capacidad, su conducta o su posición; y una franqueza robusta nunca esperaba a que le pidieran su opinión.

  George Eliot

  Opportunity, Views, Cheerful

  George Eliot (2016). “Middlemarch”, p.683, Xist Publishing

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• If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.

  Sarah Fielding

  Modesty, Judgment, Reader

  Sarah Fielding (1986). “The cry (1754)”, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint

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• In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.

  Simon Greenleaf

  Simplicity, Mind, Demand

  Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.12, Kregel Publications

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• THE LONG WALK is a raw, wrenching, blood-soaked chronicle of the human cost of war. Brian Castner, the leader of a military bomb disposal team, recounts his deployment to Iraq with unflinching candor, and in the process exposes crucial truths not only about this particular conflict, but also about war throughout history. Castner's memoir brings to mind Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front.

  Jon Krakauer

  Military, War, Team

  FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Jul 09, 2012

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• In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality.

  Nathanael Emmons

  Order, Moral, Argument

  Nathanael Emmons (1842). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D.: With a Memoir of His Life [written by Himself]”, p.496

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• En última instancia, no puede haber libertad para uno mismo a menos que se garantice para los demás; no puede haber seguridad donde hay miedo, y una sociedad democrática presupone confianza y franqueza en las relaciones de los hombres entre sí y una colaboración entusiasta para los fines más amplios de la vida en lugar de la persecución de objetivos mezquinos, egoístas o vanagloriosos.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Freedom, Selfish, Men

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• My bosses cautioned me about my candor. Now my GE career is over, and I'm telling you that it was my candor that helped make it work.

  Jack Welch

  Team, Careers, Boss

  Jack Welch, Suzy Welch (2009). “Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book”, p.34, Harper Collins

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• The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds.

  Edmund Burke

  Money, Foundation, Use

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.1560, Delphi Classics

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• 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.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Writing, Court, Members

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). "Mi querido mundo", p.11, Vintage.

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• Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’… ‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.

  Veronica Roth

  Ignorance, Duplicity, Selfishness

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• Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that mixes poorly with intimacy.

  Jason Epstein

  Distance, Editors, Patient

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• La inocencia puede redefinirse y llamarse estupidez. La honradez puede llamarse credulidad. La franqueza se convierte en falta de sentido común. El interés por el trabajo puede llamarse cobardía. La generosidad puede llamarse blandenguería, y observe: la primera es inquietante.

  Abraham Maslow

  Honestidad, generosidad, sentidocomún

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• Me hablas con parábolas.
  Ya sabrás que no soy hombre de palabras,
  Los buenos discursos son instrumentos de truhanes
  O de necios que los usan, cuando quieren sensatez;
  Pero la honestidad
  No necesita disfraz ni ornamento: sé sencillo.

  Thomas Otway

  Honesty, Men, Needs

  William Congreve, James Miller, Henry Fielding, David Garrick, Thomas Southern (1815). “The Mourning Bride. A Tragedy”

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• Thank you for your honesty.

  Veronica Roth

  Honestidad

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• Things are evermore sincere; / Candor here, and lustre there / Delighting.

  Robert Herrick

  Sincere, Evermore

  Robert Herrick (1856). “Hesperides Or The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick”, p.258

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• Childhood candor... shall I ever find you again?

  Leo Tolstoy

  Childhood, Quiet, You Again

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• And if candor strikes to forcefully, step back, draw careful breath, and consider the angle your words must take before you open your mouth, let them leak out. Because once you tilt the truth, it becomes a lie.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Lying, Tilt, Mouths

  Ellen Hopkins (2014). “Tilt”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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