Quotes About Trust

But ultimately the truth is this: Faith is only as good as the one in whom it's invested.

we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.

Godly teachers encourage questions; those who demand unthinking agreement have something to hide.

believe in Jesus on the basis of the historical evidence, but my relationship with Jesus goes way beyond the evidence. I have to put my trust in him and walk with him on a daily basis.

Turn to God for help not as a last resort, but as a first priority.

I see faith as being a reasonable step in the same direction that the evidence is pointing. In other words, faith goes beyond merely acknowledging that the facts of science and history point toward God. It's responding to those facts by investing trust in God—a step that's fully warranted due to the supporting evidence.

even if I were to actually lose everything - my house, my finances, my friends, my reputation, my position - it really wouldn't matter in the end, because I would still have God's grace. I would still be the Father's adopted and beloved son. And that would be enough.

God gives us just enough evidence so that those who want him can have him. Those who want to follow the clues will. "The Bible says, 'Seek and you shall find.'9 It doesn't say everybody will find him; it doesn't say nobody will find him. Some will find. Who? Those who seek. Those whose hearts are set on finding him and who follow the clues.

Faith is only as good as the one in whom it's invested.

Pride is the rope God allows us all.

I prayed the Lord would sort (my prayers) out and answer as needed. Above all that he would hurry.

In times of dread it's good to have an old man along. An old man has seen worse.

Once torched by truth, a little thing like faith is easy.

Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else - ignorance, for example...Sure it's weak, but sometimes you'd rather just have a map.

Love is a strange fact-it hopes all things, believes all things, endures all things. It makes no since at all.

They only throw clean ones

Small talk is about putting people at ease. Your unspoken answer to their unspoken question, How do you like me so far? must be, Wow! I really like you.

the more eye contact, the more positive feelings.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.

By appearing to regard the city's interests, or its freedom and its empire, as immeasurably more important than justice and, indeed, as the most important of all concerns, Diodotus succeeds in making himself trusted. And this success is dependent, of course, upon lying and deception.

Truth is what people want to believe and nothing more.

Truth is only what people want to believe and nothing more.

si una mentira se repetía con la frecuencia suficiente, hasta los que sabían que era una mentira la consideraban pronto como si fuese verdad.

Children are instinctive about knowing who their friends are. – Dr. Lieberman