Truthful Feedback Quotes

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

When the President calls you and asks you what you think, you owe him what you think, not what you think he wants to hear.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth.

I always tell Brock Lesnar the truth. I don't appease Brock Lesnar. I don't placate Brock Lesnar. When Brock Lesnar asks me for an opinion, I give to him an honest opinion that I'm willing to back up with facts, with theory.

If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe at the Glidden Company in Chicago, and he told me, 'You really aren't cut out for accounting.'

That became the Netflix culture: radical honesty.

You need people around you who will tell you the truth and not hold anything back.

When you are influential and highly respected, people tend to tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear. They are seeking your approval, or they flatter you. Unfortunately, this creates a gap between what you hear and reality. If you find yourself in that situation, you will need to work extra hard to get the people close to you to speak honestly into your life. And you will have to become highly intentional in observing and listening.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.

I don't want people who just tell me what they think I want to hear, because that doesn't do me any good.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.

It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!

Just as actors are afraid of child audiences because they're so honest, I would be scared stiff of going before the big folks.

We're always pitching ideas and being told "no thank you." No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they're not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.

One of the most difficult things is to get truthful people. Nobody can manage well if they don't have a lot of mirrors around them that are honest, that tell them what they're doing is wrong or wrongheaded or misconceived. And in every large bureaucracy on earth, most people are afraid to tell the boss the truth.

If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.

Like, if I'm assessing someone's game and they can't shoot, they can't shoot. And they know they can't shoot. It's not like I'm making fun of them. I just keep it real, man.

Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.

Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

To get the best coaching outcomes, always have your 1-on-1's on your employee's turf not yours. In your office the truth hides.