Quotes About Trust

the disciplined and sedated authority of the scientist entrusted with the safe management of unfeasible rage

In the wake of the affair, Rabih adopts a different view of the purpose of marriage. As a younger man he thought of it as a consecration of a special set of feelings: tenderness, desire, enthusiasm, longing. However, he now understands that it is also, and just as importantly, an institution, one which is meant to stand fast from year to year without reference to every passing change in the emotions of its participants.

Doubt is easy when it is not a matter of survival: we are as skeptical as we can afford to be, and it is easiest to be skeptical about things that do not fundamentally sustain us. It is easy to doubt the existence of a table; it is hell to doubt the legitimacy of love.

He asks her to marry him because it feels like an extremely dangerous thing to do: if the marriage were to fail, it would ruin both their lives.

The success of any relationship should be determined not just by how happy a couple are to be together, but by how worried each partner would be about not being in a relationship at all.

quienes se burlan de la amistad [...] bien pueden ser los mejores amigos del mundo», quizá porque quienes lo hacen abordan ese vínculo con expectativas más realistas que el resto.

It is precisely when we hear little from our partner which frightens, shocks or sickens us that we should begin to be concerned, for this may be the surest sign that we are being gently lied to or shielded from the other's imagination, whether out of kindness or from a touching fear of losing our love. It may mean that we have, despite ourselves, shut our ears to information that fails to conform to our hopes, hopes which will thereby be endangered all the time.

that they will be patient and show compassion, that they will trust and forgive, and that they will remain best friends and loyal companions until death.

Never be prime minister at the start of a war, Nessie [..] The man that lead you into it isn't the one to lead you out of it.

Then Rachel said, Mama used to tell me that God saw everything, knew everything, even what was in our hearts. Yes, Catherine agreed, especially there. So, He'd know, wouldn't he, what kind of pain was in your mama's heart when she took that medicine. She didn't wait for a reply. So why can't you trust that God knows enough not to blame her for what she did.

No, in the end what persuaded me was simply Ã¢â'¬Â¦ that he had asked me. My father would have made such a decision on his own and only informed my mother after the fact. That Jae-sun sought my opinion—my consent—meant more to me than I could say. And because of that, I could not gainsay him this job.

People disappointed; animals never did.

We moved into Jade Moon's rooming house within the week, and slowly she and I found that our friendship, though damaged, was like fabric torn on the seam: not beyond repair.

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks, circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.

Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.

If someone thinks you can help or heal them, and you think you can't, choose their faith over your doubt.

Somehow it all works out.

When you finally give up striving, you will be left with what you have been striving for.

Man's [or woman's] rejection is God's protection.

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

Integrity is a high rock above which the stormy ocean of worldly troubles cannot rise.

Asking for help is an affirmation that you believe in yourself, you recognize an answer is available, and you are open to receive it.

You are good not for what you do, but for who you are. When you recognize your deep inherent value, you make wise decisions that lead to greater good for you and everyone involved. Lao Tse would say, "Trust what you are, and all that you do will bless the world.

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it.