Quotes About Trust

By the spring of 1891, Rockefeller began to develop the queasy sense that Harper regarded his money as a blank check to cover annual deficits.

While Rogers was talking in general terms, it again left the impression that John D. lurked somewhere behind the copper trust.

We must not press him for money.

Bribing Frank's secretary with candy and theater tickets, Slaght gained access to Frank, who was no less protective of his father than John was.

Having never dealt with Frank, Slaght naively trusted him.

If we have done anything wrong," said Pierpont, "send your man to my man and they can fix it up.

For Archbold, it was the Russians' failure to consolidate their domestic industry—that is, to suppress competition and establish a trust—that consigned them to secondary status.

The man born without honor placed a premium on maintaining his.

A man of irreproachable integrity, Hamilton severed all outside sources of income while in office, something that neither Washington nor Jefferson nor Madison dared to do.

Rockefeller was similarly suspicious of any boasting or ostentation among associates.

Already contemplating the future, Rockefeller wanted to be surrounded by trustworthy people who could inspire confidence in customers and bankers alike.

McGregor won Rockefeller's absolute trust on all technical matters.

John had always confided in her about business and in 1893 was still sending her detailed reports about Mesabi ore.

Father was never willing to pay a bill which he did not know to be correct in all its items.

a person so often accused cannot be entirely innocent

but he is kept in check by the Drexels.

Rockefeller trained himself to reveal as little as possible, even in private letters, which he wrote as if they might someday fall into the hands of a prosecuting attorney.

his great confidence and trust in me bridged all the difference in age, wealth, and position.

I would do what I thought best.

Pierpont handled the West Shore affair better than I could have done it myself.

Has anyone given you the law of these offices? No? It is this: nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it.… As soon as you

She confided in John, felt a peaceful glow in his presence, and he responded with deep compassion.

WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, Papa used to tell me that words fly on wild winds from the mouths of sly people. When the winds pick up, he said, sand blows into your ears and bites your eyes. Storms build overhead like a lake with a spout, but you can't see or hear. Only when you are safely sheltered, Papa said, can you tell which way the wind is blowing. Only from the calm, he said, can you see how to protect yourself from trouble.

Yet, in the end, we don't believe in creation just because it is more likely scientifically. We believe in creation because we trust what God has revealed to us in the Bible.