“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
— Corrie ten Boom
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”
— Oscar Wilde
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
— George MacDonald
“I took a deep breath. ‘For you I’ve got something better than love.’
What’s that?’
I…trust you.’
Why?’
You’ll never hurt me.’
Thank you.’
But…’
But, what?’
I said, ‘That means I’ll hurt you.’
Why?’
‘Cause, like I said, you’ll never hurt me back.”
_ Avi (What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?)
“If you are untrustworthy, people will not trust you.”
— Laozi
“Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.”
— Laurence Sterne
“I would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason.”
— Stanley Baldwin
“You cannot produce trust just like you cannot ‘do’ humility. It either is or is not.”
— William P. Young (The Shack)
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemmingway