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Trust Quotes

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

Trust, Belief, Man

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"If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself."

"If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Trust, Secrecy, Discretion, Awareness

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"America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process."

"America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process."

Arianna Huffington, American Journalist

Trust, America, Country, Democracy

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"But you don't have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt."You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you."

"But you don't have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt."You don't have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn't always out to get you."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Trust, Doubt, World, Perception

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"No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man."

"No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Trust, Idea, Man, May

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"In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul."

"In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul."

David Wilkerson, American Clergyman

Trust, Soul, People, God

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"That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you."

"That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you."

Richard Donner, American Director

Trust, Performance

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

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

Edward Hopper, American Artist

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"The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'."

"The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'."

John McCarthy, American Politician

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

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

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant."

"People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant."

Scott Cook, American Businessman

Trust, Government, People, Company

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

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

James Herriot, British Writer

Trust, People, Animals, Children

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"The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth."

"The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth."

David Ginola, French Athlete

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"We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real."

"We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real."

Alan Greenspan, American Economist

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"Something goes wrong, I yell at them -"Fix it"- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust."

"Something goes wrong, I yell at them -"Fix it"- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust."

Bill Parcells, American Coach

Trust, Fault, Wrong

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"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Trust, Instinct, Mistakes

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

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

Claude M. Bristol, American Author

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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Trust, Beliefs, Wrong

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"America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world."

"America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world."

John Doolittle, American Politician

Trust, Belief, America, Country, Democracy

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"The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization."

"The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization."

Max Baucus, American Politician

Trust, Fact, Pretty, Security

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

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

Martin Van Buren, American President

Trust, Men, People, Footsteps

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

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

Eric Sevareid, American Journalist

Trust, Doubt, Error, Man

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"Trust everybody, but cut the cards."

"Trust everybody, but cut the cards."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

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"I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely."

"I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

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"My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college."

"My parents put everything in a trust fund for me. I won't get it until I'm 18, so I'll use it for college."

Heather O'Rourke, American Actress

Trust, College, Parents

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"If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end."

"If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end."

Jennifer Connelly, American Actress

Trust, Work, End, Want

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"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Trust, Artist, Responsibility

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"First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're going to see your film assembled for the first time. You look at it and go, This is terrible. I hate it."

"First cuts are a bitch for a director, because it's been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you're going to see your film assembled for the first time. You look at it and go, This is terrible. I hate it."

Richard Donner, American Director

Trust, Time, Film, First

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"Trust is a great force multiplier."

"Trust is a great force multiplier."

Tom Ridge, American Politician

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"You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office."

"You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office."

Joe Moore, American Celebrity

Trust, Love, Office, Promise

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

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

Grover Cleveland, American President

Trust, Public, Publictrust

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"If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless."

"If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless."

Jef I. Richards, American Professor

Trust, Advertising

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"Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth."

"Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Trust, Belief, Consciousness, Earth, Reincarnation

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"If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again."

"If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again."

Bill O'Reilly, American Journalist

Trust, Americans, Nation, Nothing

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"You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'"

"You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'"

Karl Rove, American Politician

Trust, People, Confidence, Credibility

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"I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deep trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God in this moment grow large too?"

"I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deep trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God in this moment grow large too?"

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Trust, Faith, Anxiety, Healing

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"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in."

"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

Trust, Work, Play, Problems

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"When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave."

"When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

Trust, Character, Will

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"Disarmament requires trust."

"Disarmament requires trust."

Gustav Heinemann, German Politician

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"It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears."

"It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears."

Mo Rocca, American Writer

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"An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived."

"An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived."

John Searle, American Philosopher

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"When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country."

"When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country."

Noah Webster, American Writer

Trust, Country, Interest, Man

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"Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy."

"Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy."

Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete

Trust, Belief, Philosophy

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"The essence of good government is trust."

"The essence of good government is trust."

Kathleen Sebelius, American Politician

Trust, Government

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"You should have trusted me. I'm really tired of people not trusting me."

"You should have trusted me. I'm really tired of people not trusting me."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Trust, Disappointment, Emotion, Faith

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"The moon splits open.We move through, waterbirds risingto look for another lake.Or say we are living in a love-ocean,where trust works to caulk our body-boat,to make it last a little while,until the inevitable shipwreck,the total marriage, the death-union.Dissolve in friendship,like two drunkards fighting.Do not look for justice herein the jungle where your animal soulgives you bad advice.Drink enough wine so that you stop talking.You are a lover, and love is a tavernwhere no one makes much sense.Even if the things you say are poemsas dense as sacks of Solomon's gold,they become pointless."

"The moon splits open.We move through, waterbirds risingto look for another lake.Or say we are living in a love-ocean,where trust works to caulk our body-boat,to make it last a little while,until the inevitable shipwreck,the total marriage, the death-union.Dissolve in friendship,like two drunkards fighting.Do not look for justice herein the jungle where your animal soulgives you bad advice.Drink enough wine so that you stop talking.You are a lover, and love is a tavernwhere no one makes much sense.Even if the things you say are poemsas dense as sacks of Solomon's gold,they become pointless."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Trust, Moon, Love, Friendship

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"And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality."

"And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality."

Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant

Trust, People, Development

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"The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions."

"The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions."

Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist

Trust, Belief, Reality

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"Of all the Hathaway sisters, Cam said equably, "Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Cam."What are you thinking? Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. "You can't trust Beatrix's judgment."Why not?"She's too young, Leo said."I'm twenty-three, Beatrix protested. "In dog years I'd be dead."

"Of all the Hathaway sisters, Cam said equably, "Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Cam."What are you thinking? Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. "You can't trust Beatrix's judgment."Why not?"She's too young, Leo said."I'm twenty-three, Beatrix protested. "In dog years I'd be dead."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Trust, Judgment, Love, Aging

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"The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage."

"The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

Trust, Abuse, Conservative, Duty

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