Quotes About Trust

On a boat in the middle of a great storm, one wise, calm person can bring everyone to safety. The

The second unwholesome action to avoid is stealing—taking that which doesn't belong to us.

Backbiting and gossip are the third type of unskillful speech. Words of this nature cause disharmony and the loss of friends.

The third unskillful action, sexual misconduct

When sila is strong, we are saying with our actions that no one need fear us. This is one of the greatest contributions we can give to the world, for our nonharming offers the gift of safety and trust to all those around us. And last, morality brings us the peace of nonremorse.

What would they do to me, he asked in confidential tones, if I refused to fly them? We'd probably shoot you, ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We? Yossarian cried in surprise. What do you mean, we? Since when are you on their side? If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on? ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon them.

You know, one good apple can spoil the rest," Colonel Korn concluded with conscious irony.

Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Yossarian knew what he meant. "That's not what I meant," Doc Daneeka said as Yossarian began scratching his back.

and the chaplain was ready now to capitulate to despair entirely but was restrained by the memory of his wife, whom he loved and missed so pathetically with such sensual and exalted ardor, and by the lifelong trust he had placed in the wisdom and justice of an immortal, omnipotent, omniscient, humane, universal, anthropomorphic, English-speaking, Anglo-Saxon, pro-American God, which had begun to waver.

Doc Daneeka was Yossarian's friend and would do just about nothing in his power to help him.

The more loyalty oaths a person signed, the more loyal he was; to Captain Black it was as simple as that, and he had Corporal Kolodny sign hundreds with his name each day so that he could always prove he was more loyal than anyone else.

What can you tell your children today that will not leave them frightened and sad?

never give testimony against another physician.

Just pass the work I assign along to somebody else and trust to luck. We call that delegation of responsibility.

It was one thing to maintain liaison with the Lord, and they were all in favor of that; it was something else, though, to have Him hanging around twenty-four hours a day.

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Yossarian knew what he meant. "That's not what I meant," Doc Daneeka said as Yossarian began scratching his back.

But that doesn't seem to matter; all that does matter is that the information comes from a reputable source.

It takes courage to listen to your inner knowing … But once you hear that knowing, making a decision becomes fairly easy.

When we knowingly write in ways that we would not want others to write to us, we abrade the trust that sustains a civil society.

The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it.

Give all your mental attention to recognizing the absolute sovereignty of the Spiritual Power, knowing that the God-Power has the answer and is now showing you the way. Trust It, believe in It, and walk the earth in the Light. Your prayer is already answered.

Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

God is guiding me now, and I predicate my success on the fact that the Wisdom of the Almighty reveals to me everything I need to know; I am prospered be­yond my fondest dreams."