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Quotes About Trust

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.
~ Desmond Tutu
The function of a friend is not to have a function.
~ Detlef Cordes
Trust is like broken glass, sometimes it's better to leave it broken than to cut yourself trying to rebuild it.
~ Detrue
Arjuna, immerse your mind in me and I will uplift you from the ocean of recurring death. If you cannot do that, then practise yoga and work on your mind. If you cannot do that, then do your work as if it is my work. If you cannot do that, then make yourself my instrument and do as I say. If you cannot do that, then simply do your job and leave the results to me.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12, verses 6 to 11 (paraphrased).
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
I do not need your permission. I am your wife and I am supposed to accompany you, to the throne, into war and to the forest. What you eat, I shall taste. Where you sleep, I shall rest. You are the shaft of the bow that is our marriage; you need the string to complete it. My place is beside you, nowhere else. Fear not, I will be no burden; I can take care of myself. As long as I am beside you and behind you, you will want for nothing.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
You renounced your right to think independently when you let someone else play your game for you. His word is your word. And you must be committed to keeping it. For to keep one's word is dharma. To hate is not dharma.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
WHEN THE HEART IS OPENED up, when love flows into it and from it, a sense of security prevails. With security comes freedom. There is no need to pretend. We can be ourselves.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
takes the form of Draupadi, not his mother or his wife, but a distant relative, barely connected by blood or marriage. Draupadi cares for Krishna as Radha does, without expectations. And that is why Krishna always watches over her, even though he is not obliged to.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
what cannot be understood by the human intellect need not be feared because it ultimately comes from God.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
To keep one's word is the fundamental principle of dharma,' said
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
In humility, there is faith. When there is faith, there is no fear.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Within every fortune (the pot of gold) lies wisdom, an idea to be trusted: a belief that makes success sustainable.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
One should have faith in one's friends and family and not let one harsh word break the bond of trust.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
That conflict comes from rage, rage comes from fear, and fear comes from lack of faith. That
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
When you make a tomb, make another tomb next to mine.' When asked why, he said, 'When my poet friend hears of my departure, he will come to me and want to die and be buried beside me.' 'But you have never met him. How do you know he will come?' 'I know him. And he knows me. He will come.' And the poet did come. And the two friends were buried next to each other.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
When there is faith, there is no fear. Is
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
To light a fire wood must burn. To feed the cow, the grass must be cut. Until the rakshasas learn to trust us, we will be seen as threats and rivals. Until then there will be violence. They will be hurt. We will also be hurt. What matters is our intention. Eventually relationships will be introduced and affection will prevail.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Sometimes, you can see more than me, but you pretend to know less so that I don't feel intimidated by you. I do the same for you. We do not feel superior when the other is vulnerable; or inferior when we feel helpless. This is what sustains our relationship.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
She followed her husband to ensure he never felt incomplete.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
his brother the benefit of the doubt. Impatience is the enemy of wisdom; it propels us to jump to conclusions, judge and condemn, rather than understand.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Arjuna, immerse your mind in me and I will uplift you from the ocean of recurring death. If you cannot do that, then practise yoga and work on your mind. If you cannot do that, then do your work as if it is my work. If you cannot do that, then make yourself my instrument and do as I say. If you cannot do that, then simply do your job and leave the results to me.—Bhagavad
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
We will do whatever it takes to get what we think we want. We get it, but then we wake up with thorns to pick out and bills to pay. But even when we've spent so much time seeking the wrong things, we will find relief in our hearts when we fall into God's arms and allow him to guide us.
~ Devon O'Day
When the world tries to convince you of drought, trust in God's ability to care for you.
~ Devon O'Day
We have access through prayer to the peace of mind and soul that comes with knowing that the One who loves us most knows our every circumstance.
~ Devon O'Day