Joseph O'Neill Quotes

One should say what he/she feels.

I cannot just blindly love someone.

Strength, to me, is about exposing vulnerabilities and foibles and facts and people that are honest.

I was tired of playing the child and acting the way many of my friends did - the ones who are afraid that love is impossible without even knowing what love is. If I stayed like that, I would miss out on everything good that these few days with him might offer.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

The most heroic thing you can do is tell someone that you love them.

The only people who make love all the time are liars.

True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I'm not the most romantic guy, although I do try.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won't let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, 'Here I am. This is me.' I feel there's something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

Take responsibility and make a relationship the best it can be. We're all afraid of being hurt. Get rid of that fear. Be in the moment and enjoy the relationship - or you'll ruin it.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.