quotations about trust
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
FINLEY PETER DUNNE
"Casual Observations", Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
The best security? Have zero trust.
MATT ASAY
"The best security? Have Zero Trust, says expert", Tech Republic, May 11, 2017
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
GRAHAM GREENE
The Ministry of Fear
Trust is the key to clean sheets.
NEIL MCCANN
"Dundee Gaffer Neil McCann Says Trust Is The Key To Keeping Clean Sheets", Evening Telegraph, May 11, 2017
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
STEPHEN KING
Needful Things
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Faust
He who trusts everybody is a fool; he who trusts nobody is a bigger one.
POPE PIUS II
attributed, Day's Collacon
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
"Prudence", Essays
Each betrayal begins with trust.
PHISH
Farmhouse
Trust is currency -- are you investing wisely?
WILLIAM WICKEY
"Trust is Currency -- Are You Investing Wisely", Customer Think, May 11, 2017
Bad men trust no one because they know the treachery of which they themselves are capable.
DEAN KOONTZ
Odd Hours
Never trust a man whom you know to have acted like a scoundrel to others, whatever friendliness he may profess to feel towards yourself, however plausible he may be, or however kindly he may behave; be sure that, the moment he has anything to gain by so doing, he will "throw you over."
CHARLES WILLIAM DAY
The Maxims, Experiences, and Observations of Agogos
It is risky to trust. I may give someone my heart, and they may leave town with it.
MACRINA WIEDERKEHR
The Song of the Seed
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
AESOP
"The Fox and the Goat", Fables
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE
Moral and Religious Aphorisms
Trust becomes solidified when words consistently back up by deeds.
GEORGE DAVID MILLER
Negotiating Toward Truth
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
SOPHOCLES
Oedipus Colonus
Trust him with little who, without proofs, trusts you with everything.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
WM. PAUL YOUNG
The Shack
Trust in God alone, and lean not on the needs of human help. Be not surprised when friends fail you; it is a failing world. Never reckon upon immutability in man: inconstancy you may reckon upon without fear of disappointment.
CHARLES SPURGEON
"The Minister's Fainting Fits", Lectures to My Students