Quotes about trust
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“Trust me?" I held my breath for her answer. She had every reason not to trust me. I'd been her kidnapper, her captor, yet I'd rather have died than hurt a single hair on her head.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Source: Beastly

Hurt

“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

Men

“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

People

“If you don't want them to find you, changing your last name seems a fairly elementary first step. Trust me, I'm an expert. I've watched a lot of spy movies.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: The Last Stand of the New York Institute

Change

“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

Fear

“God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.”

Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer

God, Heart

“Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws.”

Melissa de la Cruz book Masquerade

Source: Masquerade

“How do I know I can trust you?'

'You can't,' he said bluntly. 'You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

Faith

“Love, love, love, says Percy.
And hurry as fast as you can
along the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust.

Then, go to sleep.
Give up your body heat, your beating heart.
Then, trust.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

Love, Sleep, Heart

“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

Men

“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

“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

People, Drink

“The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.”

Naomi Wolf book The Beauty Myth

Source: The Beauty Myth (1991), Chapter 7 : 'Violence', p. 222

Beauty

“I don't trust words. I trust pictures.”

Gilles Peress (1946) French photojournalist

“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

“This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.”

Jack London Index:London - White Fang, 1906.djvu

Source: White Fang

“Do you love me?
What?
Do you?
I love you. I don't know if I trust you.
Maybe you shouldn't do either.
Maybe I'm the one who should decide!”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film

Love

“arrears, n.
My faithfulness was as unthinking as your lapse. Of all the things I though would go wrong, I never thought it would be that.
"It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.”

David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary

Source: The Lover's Dictionary

Faith

“It is," I said. "And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx." "What?" Dionysus cried. "You don't trust us?" "Someone once told me," I said, looking at Hades, "you should always get a solemn oath." Hades shrugged. "Guilty.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

“The house of Life doesn’t trust our family, especially after what Dad and Mom did. Amos said we were raised apart for a reason, so we wouldn’t trigger each other’s magic.”
“Bloody awful reason to keep us apart,” I muttered.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

Life, Family, Moms, Housing

“That was the justice of Heaven. I trust that you are not dismayed.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

Justice

“The rules of reason build towers that reach past the treetops. The rules of trust build towers that reach past the stars.”

Mary E. Pearson (1955) young-adult fiction writer

Source: The Heart of Betrayal

Star, Past

“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

“Trust your inner voice.”

Lynn A. Robinson

“You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Love, Imagination

“Go to Idris. You’re safer there, but don’t be trusting, and don’t let your guard down. I need you to live.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I wouldn’t trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic.”-max”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Fang

Life

“Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

“Open yourself to an encounter with heaven, be as a little child. Release your desire to the winds of the universe. Trust your angels to catch your wish and bring it to you in a delightfully surprising way.”

Doreen Virtue (1958) American writer

Angels, Way, Universe

“If one can't be trusted in love, one can't be trusted in anything. Some things can't be forgiven.”

Mary E. Pearson book The Kiss of Deception

Source: The Kiss of Deception

Love

“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Boy

“He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice… In exchange, he trusted me with his.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“Never trust a man in a jumpsuit”

Charles Bukowski book Hot Water Music

Source: Hot Water Music

“I have your word?”
“You trust my word?”
“You’re an idealistic fool. Of course.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Faefever

Fools

“It was strange how your world could shift on its axis and everything you trusted could invert itself in what seemed like no time at all.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

World, Time

“We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List

“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

People

“Piper patted his shoulder. “Trust me, Valdez. Beautiful people never lie.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

People, Lie, Beauty

“Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too.”

Sophie Kinsella book Can You Keep a Secret?

Source: Can You Keep a Secret?

Personality

“Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.”

Paulo Coelho book Brida

Source: Brida

God, Way, Courage

“Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?”

Miriam Toews book A Complicated Kindness

Source: A Complicated Kindness

Life, Lie, Beauty, Help

“Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker”

Bram Stoker book Dracula

Source: Dracula

Knowledge, Memory

“However, he also trusted me to make my own decisions. Contradicting me or telling me what to do wasn't in his nature - even though he secretly may have wanted to.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

Nature, Decision

“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

Way, Motivational, Success, Life

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
Painful moments, TRUST GOD
Every moment, THANK GOD”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

God, Pain, Happiness

“If we could manage any sort of trust again… Well. That would make me happier than you can imagine”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

Source: Shadow Heir

Imagination

“Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight”

Sister Souljah book Midnight and the Meaning of Love

Source: Midnight and the Meaning of Love

Personality

“A faith that hasn't been tested can't be trusted.”

Adrian Rogers (1931–2005) American television evangelist

Faith

“I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

Help

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

Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1951) Spanish writer and journalist

Source: Purity of Blood

Books, Reading

“Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.”

Mercedes Lackey book Alta

Source: Alta

Truth

“The world is dark and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.”

Kate DiCamillo book The Tale of Despereaux

Source: The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

World, Light

“It didn't pay to trust another human being. Humans didn't have it, whatever it took.”

Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

“Also, I didn’t trust any guy who used more styling products than I did.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Guy

“… if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust….”

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) English poet

“who can you trust?”

Robert Greene (1959) American author

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”

Paulo Coelho book Brida

Source: Brida

Faith, Faith, Hope

“I’ve found that people tend to trust other people who dress like them.”

David Levithan book Every Day

Source: Every Day

People

“The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today.
Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.”

Priscilla Shirer (1974) American writer

God, Time, Future

“Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tomorrow.”

Jerry Spinelli book Love, Stargirl

Source: Love, Stargirl

Future

“Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Invincible

Suffering, Betrayal

“Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.”

Don DeLillo Underworld

Source: Underworld

Love

“Some people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember them; forget the others.”

Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) British author, trained as a civil engineer

People, Forgetting

“In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.”

Elie Wiesel book Night

Source: Night

Faith

“You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

Training

“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

Faith, Sense, Learning

“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

Time

“I have only one rule in acting--trust the director, and give him heart and soul.”

Ava Gardner (1922–1990) American actress

Soul, Heart

“Trust me. I haven't been wrong yet.”

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

“And she tricked us into taking walkie-talkie rings she could listen in on,” Simon said. “I wouldn’t trust her further than I could throw a medium-sized elephant.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Trust in tomorrow… Every day of your life, there's been a tomorrow. I promise you, there'll be a tomorrow.

—Alex Morales to Miranda Evans”

Susan Beth Pfeffer (1948) American writer

Source: This World We Live In

Life

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Love, Courage, Time, Wise

“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

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire and live by love though the stars walk backwards.”

Ben Sherwood book The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Source: The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Love, Star, Heart, Sea

“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”

Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments

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."

People, Girl

“Well, I don't want you to die," Tessa said. "I don't know why I feel it so strongly -- I've just met you -- but I don't want you to die."

"And I trust you," he said. "I don't know why -- I've just met you -- but I do.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Feeling

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

Graham Greene book The End of the Affair

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

Marriage, Feeling, Lovers, Sense

“Trust me. I'm a genius.”

Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl

Source: Artemis Fowl