Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

trust

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

I trust no one, not even myself.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

Faith is a state of openness or trust.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.

Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.

Do not trust your memory it is a net full of holes the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.

One of our most noble political tasks is to open up trust.

Disarmament requires trust.

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Don't trust anyone over thirty.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.

It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

Trust is the first step to love.

Trust in God - she will provide.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.

I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.