11 Quotes About Candor

"Candor" is the quality of stating something openly and honestly, without holding anything back. "Candor" is a word that often gets thrown around in discussions about honesty. It comes from the Latin word "candere," which means to be shining. It's hard to imagine that you can tell someone something while keeping it hidden Read more

But humans are great at rationalizing their actions, so we do it all the time. Holding back information is a way of protecting your reputation or image. But when you think about it, how can you truly expect someone to trust you if you don't trust them? These candor quotes will help remind you that honesty is not just an option but a necessity in any healthy relationship.

Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from...
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Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do. Lolly Daskal
When your intuition is strong, follow it.
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When your intuition is strong, follow it. Lolly Daskal
Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively...
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Intuition is a sense of knowing how to act decisively without needing to know why. Lolly Daskal
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The reality of grief is far different from what others see from the outside. There is pain in this world that you can't be cheered out of. You don't need solutions. You don't need to move on from your grief. You need someone to see your grief, to acknowledge it. You need someone to hold your hands while you stand there in blinking horror, staring at the hole that was your life. Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried. Megan Devine
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Every loss is valid. And every loss is not the same. You can't flatten the landscape of grief and say that everything is equal. It isn't. Megan Devine
True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not...
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True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward. Megan Devine
When you try to take someone's pain away from them,...
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When you try to take someone's pain away from them, you don't make it better. You just tell them it's not OK to talk about their pain. Megan Devine
I wonder what became of you, your JohnnyRotten skin, no...
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I wonder what became of you, your JohnnyRotten skin, no Emerald City eyes. You'd have been a beauty if you let inferiority steam your glasses with its candor, sans laughter. Kristen Henderson
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Only strong women, and they seem to be rare, can handle a frank and direct woman who doesn't sweet-talk or need others to nerve her. You can identify the easily intimidated because they need a gaggle of like-minded clones to back them up when they feign offense, which is merely a guise for their insecurity. Donna Lynn Hope
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I'm not abnegation, I'm not dauntless, I am Divergent Veronica Roth