Quotes About Trust

Do not seek dishonest gains; dishonest

Àqueles a quem muito se dá, muito se exige.

No doubt this is often the case.

quienes hacen trampas por ti también te las harán a ti.

The key to the success of this method is that each new prospect is visited by a salesperson armed with the name of a friend "who suggested I call on you." Turning the salesperson away under those circumstances is difficult; it's almost like rejecting the friend.

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.

None of us offered to shake hands. There was no advantage to letting somebody get hold of you.

Americans who are angry and suspicious of one another will fight over the crumbs rather than join together against those who have run off with most of the pie.

people who believe the game is rigged are easy prey for political demagogues with fast tongues and dumb ideas.

Wall Street's shenanigans have convinced a large portion of America that the economic game is rigged. Yet capitalism depends on trust. Without trust, people avoid even sensible economic risks. They also begin trading in gray markets and black markets. They think that if the big guys cheat in big ways, they may as well begin cheating in small ways. And when they think the game is rigged, they're easy prey for political demagogues with fast tongues and dumb ideas. Wall

The threat to capitalism is no longer communism or fascism but a steady undermining of the trust modern societies need for growth and stability.

The threat to capitalism is no longer communism or fascism but a steady undermining of the trust modern societies need for growth and stability. When most people stop believing they and their children have a fair chance to make it, the tacit social contract societies rely on for voluntary cooperation begins to unravel. In its place comes subversion, small and large—petty theft, cheating, fraud, kickbacks, corruption. Economic resources gradually shift from production to protection.

Moreover, people who believe the game is rigged are easy prey for political demagogues with fast tongues and dumb ideas.

What's truly immoral is not what adults choose to do with other consenting adults but what those with great power have chosen to do to the rest of us. America's problems have nothing to do with private morality. The breakdown is in public morality—abuses of public trust that undermine the integrity of our economy and democracy

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

there is no one, but no one, more gullible than a psychiatrist)

One of the secrets to sharing a work in progress is to know whom you are sharing it with and what you want to learn from them.

You listen to me, Annie Woods. The one word that's forbidden when we're in bed is 'no.'" She

I always carry a pistol when I go [to the New York Public Library]. Never did trust those stone lions.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then — he needn't hope to find himself again.

Thomas More: Will, I'd trust you with my life. But not your principles. You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there's less wind, and the fishing's better. And "Look," we say, "look, I'm anchored! To my principles!

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water (he cups his hands) and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again. Some men aren't capable of this, but I'd be loathe to think your father one of them.

Alice More: As for understanding, I understand that you are the best man that I ever met, or am likely to; And, if you go...Well, God knows why I suppose. Though as God's my witness God's kept deadly quiet about it!