candid conversations Quotes

And one of the things that I'm most concerned about is the confidence, the confidentiality of those kind of meetings between President and Russian Foreign Minister, as you know, are extremely important. And so, I am really concerned about kind of leaks, because it undermines everybody's trust in that kind of an environment where you can have frank, candid, and often times unconventional conversations to try to protect American interests and secure the American people.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

Everyone that I'm friends with does not have the same party standing. For the most part, my friends are Democrats, but not everyone is, so a lot of times, we just have candid conversations. Sometimes that's the best way that we can educate each other and come to our own decisions about bills and candidates and policies.

I don't think I've ever been as scared in my life as I was to be extraordinarily honest with my kids.

Tennessee helps me open up. I'm much more vulnerable there, more willing to talk about anything.

Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.

Everything but truth becomes loathed in a sick-room ... Let the nurse avow that the medicine is nauseous. Let the physician declare that the treatment will be painful. Let sister, or brother, or friend, tell me that I must never look to be well. When the time approaches that I am to die, let me be told that I am to die, and when.