“Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.”
John Harold
Poet
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“Trust everybody, but cut the cards.”
Finley Peter Dunne
(1867-1936); Humorist, Writer
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“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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“One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.”
E. M. Forster
(1879-1970); Novelist, Essayist
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“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. Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.”
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862); Naturalist, Author, Philosopher
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“I admire those who trust and are trustworthy.”
Rachel Joy Scott
(1981-1999); Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre
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“A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. ”
Barbara Streisand
(born 1942); Singer, Film And Theater Actress
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“Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware.”
David Armistead
Professor
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“The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
(born 1969); Author
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“To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills"" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition."”
Elizabeth Gilbert
(born 1969); Author
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“Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.”
Peter Farquharson

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“I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or punishment. But I do believe they can be induced through relationships where parents and children are growing together. Such relationships are, I believe, build on trust, example, talk, and caring.”
Fred Rogers
(1928-20003); Television Host, Educator, Minister, Songwriter
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“Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.”
John Fellows Akers
(born 1934); Business Executive
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“When a family is free of abuse and oppression, it can be the place where we share our deepest secrets and stand the most exposed, a place where we learn to feel distinct without being “better,” and sacrifice for others without losing ourselves.”
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Editor, Writer
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“No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.”
George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]
(1819-1880); Novelist, Editor
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“The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.”
Henry Lewis Stimson
(1867-1930); U.S. Politician
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“It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.”
Graham Greene
(1904-1991); Novelist, Playwright, Critic
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“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi
(1917-1984); Prime Minister Of India
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“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.”
Frank H. Crane
(born 1912); Writer
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“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”
George MacDonald
(born 1824); Author, Poet, Minister
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“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
Rita Mae Brown
(born 1944); Writer, Social Activist
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“It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.”
English Proverb

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“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1709-1784); Poet, Essayist, Lexicographer
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“It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.”
François Duc De La Rochefoucauld
(1613-1680); Writer, Moralist
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“Trust and honesty is an investment you put in people.”
Rachel Joy Scott
(1981-1999); Student, First Victim Of The Columbine High School Massacre
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“Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.”
Mason Cooley
(1927-2002); U.S. Aphorist
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