Trust Quotes | Beyond Motive 11/18

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Trust Quotes

"Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion."

"Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion."

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

Trust, Belief, Absence, Illusion

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"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."

"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

Trust, Luck, Fate, Attraction, Chance

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"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

Horace, Roman Poet

Trust, Day, Tomorrow

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"I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul."

"I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul."

Ava Gardner, American Actress

Trust, Soul, Heart, Acting

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"The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it."

"The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Trust, Belief, Actions, Intentions

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"Trust is the only thing that can help relationships last a lifetime!"

"Trust is the only thing that can help relationships last a lifetime!"

Mohith Agadi, Indian Poet

Trust, Love, Relationship, Commitment

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"I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most."

"I don't vote for the guy I trust. I vote for the guy who trusts me the most."

Gary Burghoff, American Actor

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"A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody."

"A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody."

Cardinal De Retz, French Clergyman

Trust, Man, Will

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"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Trust, Belief, Absence, Man, Will

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"Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out."

"Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out."

Mary Schmich, American Journalist

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"Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now."

"Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now."

Ryan Seacrest, American Entertainer

Trust, Action, Gay, Now

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"None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."

"None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Trust, Choice, Mastery, Decision

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"But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar."

"But I stayed up thinking about how I've been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar."

Zack Love, American Author

Trust, Honesty, Love, Fear, Secrets

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"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."

"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners."

"Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners."

Robert Grosseteste, English Statesman

Trust, Belief, Manners, Office

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"I confused things with their names: that is belief."

"I confused things with their names: that is belief."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements."

"Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements."

Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher

Trust, Belief, Confidence

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"I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict."

"I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Trust, Love, Pain, Healing

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"The thing is, you can't ever really know how rotten someone will turn out to be."

"The thing is, you can't ever really know how rotten someone will turn out to be."

Jennifer Donnelly, American Author

Trust, People, Character, Reality

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"You do not have to be so serious about everything and everyone. Trust yourself. Trust your own guidance and do not take everyone's 'interesting opinions' so personally."

"You do not have to be so serious about everything and everyone. Trust yourself. Trust your own guidance and do not take everyone's 'interesting opinions' so personally."

Raphael Zernoff, British Author

Trust, Confidence, Wisdom, Guidance

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"He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action.' April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, 'I believe he may have lied to me!"

"He said that he was sure you would be amendable to this course of action.' April paused, eyes widening, before she said indignantly, 'I believe he may have lied to me!"

Seanan McGuire, American Author

Trust, Truth, Conflict, Honesty

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"It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'"

"It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'"

Mike Farrell, American Actor

Trust, People, Financial, Saying

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"Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it."

"Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it."

Mary Wortley Montagu, English Writer

Trust, Virtue, First, Force

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"You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do."

"You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do."

Bryan Singer, American Director

Trust, Time, People, Idea

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"Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust."

"Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust."

Shelley Long, American Actress

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"Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe."

"Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe."

Claudia Black, Australian Actress

Trust, Perceptions

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"If global cooling will come soon - scientists will lose trust."

"If global cooling will come soon - scientists will lose trust."

Shigenori Maruyama, Japanese Scientist

Trust, Scientists, Will

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"There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you."

"There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you."

Brennan Manning, American Author

Trust, Faith, Love, Connection

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"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions."

"The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

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"It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct."

"It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct."

Anna Howard Shaw, American Activist

Trust, Belief, Wrong

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"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to 'try.' Now count the times it tells us to 'trust."

"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to 'try.' Now count the times it tells us to 'trust."

Peter Kreeft, American Philosopher

Trust, Faith, Hope, Prayer

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

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

Dave Barry, American Journalist

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"So in a man's mind, he appraises, negotiates, defines, delineates, weighs the information, and that includes God. As you can see, this is a relationship of management, not trust. You don't trust things you can manage, you manage them. And so, God as information is managed and no relationship of trust is fostered."

"So in a man's mind, he appraises, negotiates, defines, delineates, weighs the information, and that includes God. As you can see, this is a relationship of management, not trust. You don't trust things you can manage, you manage them. And so, God as information is managed and no relationship of trust is fostered."

Geoffrey Wood, American Author

Trust, Faith, Control, God

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"Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny."

"Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny."

Henry James Sumner Maine, English Historian

Trust, Doubt, Tyranny

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"Why sometimes we don't Trust people? It is either because we don't know them or know them."

"Why sometimes we don't Trust people? It is either because we don't know them or know them."

Mohith Agadi, Indian Poet

Trust, People, Knowledge, Experience

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"When distrust is so profound that it makes you wary of every word dripping from honeyed lips...It sharpens your instincts...Now for a woman, THAT is a powerful weapon..."

"When distrust is so profound that it makes you wary of every word dripping from honeyed lips...It sharpens your instincts...Now for a woman, THAT is a powerful weapon..."

Virginia Alison, British Author

Trust, Instinct, Power, Awareness

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"Relationships should be built on trust and truth."

"Relationships should be built on trust and truth."

Sophie Kinsella, British Author

Trust, Truth, Relationship, Honesty

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"That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you."

"That's what trust is. It's about giving someone else power over you. Power to hurt you."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Trust, Power, Control, Sensitivity

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"I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it."

"I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Trust, Faith, Acceptance, Destiny

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"And basically, the sense of the 'Pledge to America' is this: Republicans understand when we were in charge, we got fired in '06. We spent too much money. We defied the trust that the people had put in us. And we know that there is a better way."

"And basically, the sense of the 'Pledge to America' is this: Republicans understand when we were in charge, we got fired in '06. We spent too much money. We defied the trust that the people had put in us. And we know that there is a better way."

Eric Cantor, American Politician

Trust, Money, People, America

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"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

"If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Trust, Confidence, Respect, President

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"Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation."

"Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation."

John Witherspoon, American Politician

Trust, Men, Conversation, State

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"I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own."

"I am obliged to believe certain opinions myself. No man's belief will save me except my own."

Anthony Collins, English Philosopher

Trust, Belief, Man, Opinions, Will

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"He confided his deepest secret to you, be always wary of his secret."

"He confided his deepest secret to you, be always wary of his secret."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Trust, Secrets, Caution, Relationship

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"Trust is crazy. You are a risky, risky, God. I didn't sign up to be Amazing Trust Boy, and I did not sign up for Danger God. You're flatly not safe."

"Trust is crazy. You are a risky, risky, God. I didn't sign up to be Amazing Trust Boy, and I did not sign up for Danger God. You're flatly not safe."

Geoffrey Wood, American Author

Trust, Faith, Risk, God

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"No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."

"No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."

Henry Miller, American Author

Trust, Belief, Destiny, Guidance, Man

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"I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind."

"I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind."

Edward Jenner, English Scientist

Trust, Hope, Mankind

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"I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!"

"I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Trust, Enemy, Friend, Betrayal

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"Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund."

"Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund."

Howie Carr, American Author

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