Quotes about Frankness
What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?
- Oscar Wilde
He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
- Mark 8:32
Anybody who has ever been around me knows I'll give you my opinion.
- Jimmy Johnson
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
- Benjamin Disraeli
You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?
- Ed Koch
isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? the potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? the drink that does nothing worse than incite its fans to urinate in all innocence, to gain weight in all frankness?
- Milan Kundera
we ought to act with GOD in the greatest simplicity, speaking to Him frankly and plainly, and imploring His assistance in our affairs, just as they happen. That GOD never failed to grant it, as he had often experienced.
- Brother Lawrence
Honesty and love. — Frankness and truthfulness to myself and to the one I love. Truthful between two as one. You are part of my life, no pride, vanity, or anger involved.
- Bruce Lee
Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to people
- Anonymous
Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
- Rick Warren
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
- Benjamin Disraeli
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.
- John F. Kennedy