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Trust Quotes


"Nyree taught me not to trust anyone but Steve quickly corrected that lesson and taught me not to trust everyone."



"Why should I be afraid to trust myself to you? I am not afraid, I have been well brought forward by you..."


"You can rely on a stick, but not on a faithless friend."


"Offer me water in your palms and I will drink everlastingly."



"How many friends would you have if you went from one to another asking them to conceal a dead body?"


"If you teach a wolf how to hunt, it will reward you by devouring you."


"Do you wonder that I avow this to you? Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that it is not your forte to tell of yourself, but to listen while others talk of themselves; they will feel, too, that you listen with no malevolent scorn of their indiscretion, but with a kind of innate sympathy; not the less comforting and encouraging because it is very unobtrusive in its manifestations.""How do you know? -- how can you guess all this, sir?""I know it well; therefore I proceed almost as freely as if I were writing my thoughts in a diary."


"Trust compared to a valuable stone that has been shattered, cannot be restored to its original form."



"Trust thyself only and another shall not betray thee."


"When bridges seem to give way, we fall into Christ's safe arms, true bridge, and not into hopelessness. It is safe to trust! We can be too weak to go on because His strength is made perfect in utter brokenness and nail-pierced hands help up. It is safe to trust! We can give thanks in everything because there's a good God leading, working all things into good. It is safe to trust! The million bridges behind us may seem flattened to the earthly eye, but all bridges ultimately hold, fastened by nails. It is safe to trust."


"You're not worried about being compromised, are you? he asked. "Because I've already done that."



"Miracles are not for matured men, they are for children or for unbelievers."



"Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And if you couldn't trust the government, who could you trust?Very nearly everyone, come to think of it..."



"Quality brings security and confidence."



"Nothing could be taken for granted. Women who loved you tried to cut your throat, while women who didn't even know your name scrubbed your back. Witches could sound like Katharine Hepburn and your best friend could try to strangle you. Smack in the middle of an orchid there might be a blob of jello and inside a Mickey Mouse doll, a fixed and radiant star."


"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live."



"It's more than that.' Reyna rested her hand on Nico's. 'While you were asleep, I did a lot ofthinking. What I told you about my father - I'd never shared that with anyone. I guess I knew youwere the right person to confide in. You lifted some of my burden. I trust you, Nico."


"Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly."


"You? I know you! You trust beyond reason.'She met his eyes steadily. 'Yes. It's how I get results beyond hope. As you may recall."


"Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness."


"I've yet to find another soul who believes in me with the same fervency as my mother."


"It's hard to impress me in case you don't know me, to lie me there isn't purpose I will find soon or later the truth. The lie just make the stuff complex and complex and after all I just don't want anymore to believe in your words, if you want to sacrifice this okay, continue to do this and I can assure that soon everything will come in it's order."


"Trust becomes the only road home, back to love."


"Paradoxically, the more Michael kept me at a distance, the more I trusted him - perhaps because he was always willing to help me with tips and introductions even though he wanted absolutely nothing from me (and never reciprocated my nosiness with personal questions of his own with me)."



"The mindset of a Christian should be based on his faith that God can change the circumstances in His life."


"The world is our own reflection. As long as there is deceit in you, others will deceive you."



"Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch or you might simply get covered in sap and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors where it is harder to get a splinter."


"A thorough inspection of someone you believed to be loveable will send you back into your shell if all you saw in their life was all bullshit."


"If this is my final moment, she says, 'then I can die happy.'Is that why you're saying all this? Because you think we're going to die?'I don't know, she admits.'Dammit, Summer. He clings to her waist, grip desperate, eyes heavy with torment. 'You're saying everything I want to hear, but I don't know if I can trust it."
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