Quotations on candor

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
-Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.
-William James
Frank and explicit-that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
-Arabian Proverb
A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.
-James Fenimore Cooper
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
-George MacDonald
There is no wisdom like frankness.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson