quotations about trust
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you,
Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY
"Rules of the Road"
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
The most perfect communion of soul with soul, the most exquisite fellowship of mind with mind, are possible only where undoubted trust and undying love are possible, nowhere else. Nothing so ennobles and purifies a spirit as the exercise of faith in somebody.
REUEN THOMAS
Thoughts for the Thoughtful
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
BIBLE
Psalm 16:1
Confiding Trust, fair flow'r of youthful minds!
Puts forth its simple blossoms all too soon,
Caught by the first alluring beams of spring;
And, dazzled by their bright and sunny glare,
Clings to the tendril promises of words,
Not deeming they are vain, and false as fair;
Till disappointment's nipping frost appears,
And withers all its impulses of life!
C. B. LANGSTON
"Dissapointment"
The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically there is nothing in the world, that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can bring you psychological certainty; and you have to accept that you can trust in absolutely nothing. That is a scientific fact, as well as a psychological fact. Because, your leaders -- religious and political -- and your books -- sacred and profane -- have all failed, and you are still confused, in misery, in conflict. So, that is an absolute, undeniable fact.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
Psychological Revolution
Trust, like the soul, never returns when it has once gone.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Only trust thyself and another shall not betray thee.
WILLIAM PENN
Some Fruits of Solitude
I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do: we may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden
Trust is not like electric light that you switch on and off. You build it up over time and it can be forfeited very quickly.
RAYMOND PARSONS
"Trust not electric light that can be switched on", Moneyweb, May 11, 2017
Distrust that man who tells you to distrust;
He takes the measure of his own small soul,
And thinks the world no larger.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Deceit"
Trust thy self, and another shall not betray thee.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1739
Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind ... there can be no belief. No belief in kindness. Or integrity. In anything.
DEAN KOONTZ
Velocity
There are indeed times when one should trust blindly, just as there are times when one should not. Wisdom consists in being able to tell one from the other.
DANIEL QUINN
The Holy
He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
GREEK PROVERB