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Trust Quotes

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Trust, Beliefs, Commitment, Oppression, Persecution

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"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."

"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."

Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Celebrity

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

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

Isaac Watts, English Politician

Trust, Life, Learning

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"Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust."

"Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble."

"When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble."

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

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"There is no greater level and form of belief than believing in yourself."

"There is no greater level and form of belief than believing in yourself."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

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"I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good when really it's for there own good."

"I'm sick of people lying to me for my own good when really it's for there own good."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Trust, Lies, Truth, Emotion

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"It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir."

"It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir."

Connie Willis, American Writer

Trust, Belief, Church, World

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"And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility."

"And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility."

John Boehner, American Politician

Trust, Government, People, Values

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"Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe."

"Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe."

Bob Taft, American Politician

Trust, Day, Innocence, Security

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"From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once."

"From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Trust, Work, Beginning, Chance

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"Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness."

"Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness."

Kent Nerburn, American Author

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"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."

"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

Trust, Purpose, Lies, Nothing

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"Need is not quite belief."

"Need is not quite belief."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

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"Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust."

"Let's say a Soviet exchange student back in the '70s would go back and tell the KGB about people and places and things that he'd seen and done and been involved with. This is not really espionage; there's no betrayal of trust."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

Trust, People, Betrayal

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"We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship."

"We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship."

James Harvey Robinson, American Historian

Trust, Beliefs, Companionship, Passion

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"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

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"I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund."

"I don't think I can answer questions about the trust fund."

Louise Woodward, British Celebrity

Trust, Questions

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"He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted."

"He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"I have to trust what I do and then do it."

"I have to trust what I do and then do it."

Ednita Nazario, American Musician

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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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"Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion."

"Reason cannot establish values, and its belief that it can is the stupidiest and most pernicious illusion."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

Trust, Belief, Values, Illusion, Reason

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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

John Adams, American President

Trust, Government, Power, Danger

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"I trust no one totally."

"I trust no one totally."

Gary Sheffield, American Athlete

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"The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture."

"The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

Trust, Architecture, Folly, Pleasure

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"As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead."

"As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead."

Andre Norton, American Writer

Trust, Lie, Courage, Lies

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

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

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Trust, Cheating, Feeling, Right

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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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"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."

"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy."

Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress

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

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

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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

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

Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Celebrity

Trust, God, Future

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"It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost."

"It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost."

Lyle Lovett, American Musician

Trust, People, Opinion, Quantity

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"How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline."I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave.""Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline."Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."

"How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline."I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave.""Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline."Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Trust, Promise, Death, Truth

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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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"We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same."

"We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same."

David Horowitz, American Writer

Trust, Beliefs, Doctors, Religious

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

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

Mary Renault, English Novelist

Trust, People, Harvest

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"He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law."

"He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

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"Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?"

"Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?"

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

Trust, Family, Morality, Fear

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"That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things."

"That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things."

Boris Becker, German Athlete

Trust, Men, People, Athletes

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

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

Barry Goldwater, American Politician

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"Trust is the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow, built with planks of thanks."

"Trust is the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow, built with planks of thanks."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Trust, Gratitude, Hope, Connection

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"You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference."

"You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference."

Patricia Hewitt, British Politician

Trust, Difference, Living, Promises

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"And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something."

"And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

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"Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection."

"Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Trust, Connection, Time, Distance

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"Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled."

"Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled."

Franz Grillparzer, Austrian Poet

Trust, Home, Building, Will

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"There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor."

"There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor."

Frank Howard Clark, American Writer

Trust, Beliefs, Help, Nothing, Trying

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"Who could trust language?"

"Who could trust language?"

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Trust, Language, Word, Doubt

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"If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take."

"If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Trust, Public, Want

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