48 quotes about Trust

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

Bennis, Warren

Though he slay me, I shall yet trust Him.

Bible

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and don't lean on your own understanding. In all things acknowledge him, and he shall direct your way. [Proverbs 3:5, 6]

Bible

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars Upon tomorrow; God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow.

Butts, Mary F.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them.

Cavour, Camillo Benso Conte Di

I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

Chatham, William Pitt The Elder, Lord

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

Collins, John Churton

Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love -- and to put its trust in life.

Conrad, Joseph

Who would not rather trust and be deceived?

Cook, Eliza

Candid and generous and just. Boys care but little whom they trust. An error soon corrected -- for who but learns in riper years. That man, when smoothest he appears, is most to be suspected?

Cowper, William

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

Crane, Frank

Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry.

Cromwell, Oliver

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.

Dryden, John

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Dunne, Finley Peter

No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.

Einstein, Elsa

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is --Let there be truth between us two forevermore.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

Greene, Graham

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

Howe, Edgar Watson

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

Johnson, Samuel

TRUST: I know that you will not -- deliberately or accidentally, consciously or unconsciously -- take unfair advantage of me. I can put my situation at the moment, my status and self-esteem in this group, our relationship, my job, my career, even my life, in your hands with complete confidence.

Mcgregor, Douglas Murray

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

Mencken, H. L.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

Moore, Marianne

A faithful companion is a sure anchor.

Motto

I have seldom known a person, who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance.

Paley, Babe

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.

Picasso, Pablo

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.

Proverb, English

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.

Proverb, Jewish

She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.

Retz, Cardinal Jean Francois de

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Rowland, Helen

Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.

Shakespeare, William

Love all, but trust a few.

Shakespeare, William

Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

Stimson, Henry Lewis

You may have your suspicions, your fears, you may even believe there is something, somewhere, terribly, drastically wrong, but because someone else is in charge, because there is a part of the system above you which you don't know, you don't question it, you even distrust your own doubts.

Swift, Graham

Trust me not at all, or all in all.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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.

Thoreau, Henry David

Trust one who has tried.

Virgil

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

Watson, Thomas J.

If you can't trust people, who can you trust?

Widdiconbe, Hohn

One should never trust a woman who tells her real age. If she tells that, she'll tell anything.

Wilde, Oscar

My father used to say: Never suspect people, It's better to be deceived or mistaken, which is only human, after all, than to be suspicious, which is common.

Young, Stark