Quotes about Candor

Our task is not to whitewash nor bloat the truth. Our task is to tell the truth. Period.

He planted a one-word caution sign between you and hell's path: perish. "Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Jesus spoke of hell often. Thirteen percent of his teachings refer to eternal judgment and hell.4 Two-thirds of his parables relate to resurrection and judgment.5 Jesus wasn't cruel or capricious, but he was blunt. His candor stuns.

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

Speak the truth and shame the Devil.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Some of what I wrote bordered on blasphemy....If there was a God, He would have to be truth. And in that case, candor--however impertinent--would be more pleasing to Him than posturing.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.

Always speak the truth.

Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.