<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # If you cannot handle the truth, you will often get... > If you cannot handle the truth, you will often get a lie, but being able to handle the truth does not guarantee you will receive it. Couples, friends, and partners do better when they agree early on full transparency and practice difficult conversations, because people who never learned to have them tend to avoid them instead. Some people simply operate from deception, and no amount of openness on your side will change that. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries When Goodwill Is Not Enough - Workbook|Boundaries When Goodwill Is Not Enough]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “If you cannot handle the truth, you will often get a lie, but being able to handle the truth does not guarantee you will receive it. Couples, friends, and partners do better when they agree early on full transparency and practice difficult conversations, because people who never learned to have them tend to avoid them instead. Some people simply operate from deception, and no amount of openness on your side will change that.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cannot-handle-truth-openness-side-change ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->