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Trust Quotes

"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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"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."

"It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

Trust, Love, Being

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"We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well."

"We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well."

Thad Cochran, American Politician

Trust, Government, People, Opportunity

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"Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon."

"Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

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"Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?"

"Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?"

Rush Limbaugh, American Entertainer

Trust, Democrats, Tax, Republican

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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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"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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"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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"Ranger locked eyes with me. 'Please,' he said.Tank and Hal were goggle-eyed. They weren't used to 'please.' I wasn't used to it either. But I liked it. Okay,' I said. 'Be careful. He's insane."

"Ranger locked eyes with me. 'Please,' he said.Tank and Hal were goggle-eyed. They weren't used to 'please.' I wasn't used to it either. But I liked it. Okay,' I said. 'Be careful. He's insane."

Janet Evanovich, American Novelist

Trust, Dialogue, Respect, Emotion

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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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"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well."

"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Trust, Lies, Politicians, Speech

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"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Trust, Treachery, Distrust, Deception, Conflict

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"In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent."

"In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

Trust, People, America, Will

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"She doesn't trust easily, but when she does it's always with the devil himself."

"She doesn't trust easily, but when she does it's always with the devil himself."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Trust, Deception, Love, Danger

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"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

Trust, Lie, Dying, Prayer

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"Trust holds fast, standing firm until deliverance arrives or a solution is found."

"Trust holds fast, standing firm until deliverance arrives or a solution is found."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Trust, Faith, Hope, Patience, Resilience

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"Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me."

"Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me."

Joey Skaggs, American Celebrity

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"Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears."

"Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears."

F. L. Lucas, English Critic

Trust, Principles, Prose

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"Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on."

"Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on."

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

Trust, Man, Tea

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"I have trust issues.'I know. I'm on a mission to cure you of that."

"I have trust issues.'I know. I'm on a mission to cure you of that."

Simone Elkeles, American Author

Trust, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

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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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"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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"I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery."

"I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Trust, Editors, Flattery, Giving

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"And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even."

"And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even."

Katie Couric, American Journalist

Trust, Being, Day, Respect

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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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"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."

"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Trust, Belief, Being, Man

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"Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be."

"Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be."

Karen Salmansohn, American Author

Trust, Comfort, Support, Faith

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"We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs."

"We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs."

Aaron Siskind, American Photographer

Trust, Beliefs, Relax, World

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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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"Look at me, sugar. She lifted her eyes, and he wiped away the tear that spilled over. "I could tell you what I do and don't do, but you wouldn't believe a word I said. So let's get this over with."

"Look at me, sugar. She lifted her eyes, and he wiped away the tear that spilled over. "I could tell you what I do and don't do, but you wouldn't believe a word I said. So let's get this over with."

Cherise Sinclair, American Author

Trust, Tears, Emotion, Romance

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"The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."

"The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."

Lillian Smith, American Novelist

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"On the canvas of life, you are the creative painter of your success. Paint your life into a wonderful masterpiece of excellence."

"On the canvas of life, you are the creative painter of your success. Paint your life into a wonderful masterpiece of excellence."

Mark F. LaMoure, American Author

Trust, Creativity, Success, Art, Life

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"Trust is the base for all relations. If it breaks, then it's not easy to rejoin. It's very easy to say 'I don't trust you', but the pain these words cause is immense."

"Trust is the base for all relations. If it breaks, then it's not easy to rejoin. It's very easy to say 'I don't trust you', but the pain these words cause is immense."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Trust, Relationship, Pain, Betrayal

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"I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right."

"I always trust my gut reaction; it's always right."

Kiana Tom, American Model

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"It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit."

"It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit."

W. G. Sebald, German Writer

Trust, First, Language, Problems

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"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

Trust, Man, Surprises

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"One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts."

"One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Trust, Learning, Relationship, Experience

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"What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others."

"What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others."

William John Wills, English Scientist

Trust, Expectations, World

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"Need is not quite belief."

"Need is not quite belief."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

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"Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds."

"Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails."

"But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units -- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Trust, Courage, Dignity, Morality

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"Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word."

"Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Trust, Progress, Goals, Americans

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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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"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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"To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity."

"To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity."

Steven Brust, American Author

Trust, Fear, Action, Conformity

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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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"Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise."

"Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise."

Brennan Manning, American Author

Trust, Faith, Hope, Life

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"There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within."

"There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within."

Robert Dale Owen, Scottish Politician

Trust, Courage, Virtue, May

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"We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything."

"We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything."

Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch Athlete

Trust, Belief, Goals, Fire, Mind

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