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Quotes about Trust


Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

Nicolas Walter

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.

Fred Woodworth

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters. •Evander Holyfield The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. •Deepak Chopra Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. •Ovid Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. •Ralph Waldo Emerson A heart in love with beauty never grows old. •Turkish Proverb To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Evander Holyfield

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

Irving R. Kaufman

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

Martha Graham

A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.

Terry Tempest Williams

Thou hast prevariated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me: And while my open nature trusted in thee, Thou hast stept in between me and my hopes, And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear. Thou hast betray'd me.

Nicholas Rowe

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.

Duane Michals

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Rita Mae Brown

In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul. To the late revel, and protracted feast, Wild dreams succeeded, and disorder'd rest.

Matthew Prior

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. -Dr. Joyce Brothers.

Dr. Joyce Brothers

And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

Oliver Goldsmith

Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of preferments in the courts of princes; they who make use of poison to show their skill in curing it; and they who intrust women with their secrets.

Bidpai (Pilpay)

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Mary McCarthy

Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.

Mary Mccarty

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb. Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns the water, or but writes in dust.

Francis Bacon

Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.

Henry David Virgil

The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the place;The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reprove:These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please;These were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms—but all these charms are fled. - Deserted Village, The.

Oliver Goldsmith

Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. - Aeneid, The.

Lord Alfred Virgil

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

Amos Bronson Alcott

The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.

Jeremy Bentham

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

George Eliot

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. [Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere.]

Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

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