Quotes about trust
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“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;!”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

Source: If: A Father's Advice to His Son

“You can't trust machines. You can't trust people.”

Julie Anne Peters (1952) American writer

By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

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“The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: The Final Empire

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John Adams photo

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”

John Adams (1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States

Notes for an oration at Braintree (Spring 1772)
1770s

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“I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: The Well of Ascension

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“There are two kinds of people I don't trust: people who don't drink and people who collect stickers.”

Chelsea Handler (1975) American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Source: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

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David Levithan photo

“You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

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“If it rusts, it can never be trusted
If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him
Yes, pride is like a blade”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Source: Bleach, Volume 08

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James Patterson photo
Mary E. Pearson photo
Arthur Conan Doyle photo
Suzanne Collins photo
Charles Bukowski photo

“Never trust a man in a jumpsuit”

Source: Hot Water Music

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Cassandra Clare photo
David Levithan photo

“The very people you trusted most could become like strangers in their longing…”

Lynne Reid Banks (1929) British writer

Source: The Secret of the Indian

Rick Riordan photo
Sophie Kinsella photo
Paulo Coelho photo
Miriam Toews photo
Bram Stoker photo
Richelle Mead photo

“Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”

Patrick Lencioni (1965) American writer

Source: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

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Adrian Rogers photo
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte photo

“Never trust a man who reads only one book.”

Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951) Spanish writer and journalist

Source: Purity of Blood

Kate DiCamillo photo
Charles Bukowski photo
Geoffrey Chaucer photo
Robert Greene photo
Paulo Coelho photo
Jerry Spinelli photo
Sherrilyn Kenyon photo
Don DeLillo photo
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Ingrid Bergman photo
Philip Yancey photo

“I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.”

Philip Yancey (1949) American writer

Variant: Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.
Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

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“Trust yourself, because as Oprah says, doubt means don't every time”

Greg Behrendt (1963) American comedian

Source: It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy

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“Trust me. I haven't been wrong yet.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books
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James Patterson photo

“When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang.
"When I go completely bonkers," I laughed.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

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Cassandra Clare photo

“And tell them what?" Jace said witheringly. "That invisible people are bothering you? Trust me, little girl, the police aren't going to arrest someone they can't see”

Clary and Jace, pg. 44
The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Source: City of Bones / City of Ashes / City of Glass / City of Fallen Angels / City of Lost Souls
Context: "Do you want to tell me what this is about, or should I just call the police?"
"And tell them what?" Jace said witheringly. "That invisible people are bothering you? Trust me, little girl, the police aren't going to arrest someone they can't see."

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Graham Greene photo

“Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel: sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.”

Variant: Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel; sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.
Source: The End of the Affair

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“Trust me. I'm a genius.”

Source: Artemis Fowl

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George MacDonald photo

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish journalist, novelist

The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

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“It does not do to trust people too much.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer

Source: The Yellow Wall-Paper

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“It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son

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Doris Lessing photo
Rick Riordan photo
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“Trusting the one you love always brings good results.”

Source: Adultery

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Steve Martin photo

“Lord loves a workin' man; don't trust whitey”

Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
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“Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Source: Living Beyond Your Feelings: Controlling Emotions So They Don't Control You

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D.J. MacHale photo
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“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”

Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

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