Matt Dillon Quotes

I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.

We have to lower our guard and know saying something's wrong isn't a bad thing.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't have it all together - I don't really think anyone does.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

I know I'm not perfect.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

I'm instinctively very suspicious and guarded, and I try to counteract it so much. I find reason allows you to be open, and my only sort of ambition in life is to try and be as open as possible.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

My life is an open pamphlet.

I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.

I have trouble admitting I'm wrong.

My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'

I tend to find you have to be fairly vulnerable to get something... to get a perspective worth having. Which can be controversial. But I find telling someone what you're thinking about, what you want, and what you're afraid of can often help them give guidance.

If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve.