Quotes on Trust

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinion? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up, trusting our fellow citizens to join us in our determined pursuit-a living democracy?

Engagement and integrity are the two most fundamental aspects of building trust; lead from the front by evolving your company strategy, then live your values every day.

Allies never trust each other, but that doesn't spoil their effectiveness.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.