Quotes About Trust

Ä°nsanlar?n gönlünü hoÅŸ tutmal? ya da onlar? yok etmelidir çünkü insanlar uÄŸrad?klar? küçük zararlar?n öcünü al?rlar büyük zararlar?n öcünü alamazlar bu yüzden insana verilecek zarar intikam korkusu yaratmayacak biçimde olmal?d?r

Mankind do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.

For this can be said of men in general: that they are ungrateful, fickle, hypocrites and dissemblers, avoiders of dangers, greedy for gain; and while you benefit them, they are entirely yours, offering you their blood, their goods, their life, their children,...when need is far away, but when you actually become needy, they turn away. (translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn)

Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves.

And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things for which men are esteemed, being often forced, in order to maintain the state, to act contrary to faith, friendship, humanity, and religion. " The Prince, XVIII, 5

It is unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.

For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives.

We have not been abandoned. We have, perhaps, in that leaving been given the gift of ourselves in a new, deeper, and more lasting way.

Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

People become trustworthy when they are trusted.

God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent.

To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.

We don't have to know everything at once. We just do one thing at a time, as it is given us to do.

The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.

If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go wrong. Like a human parent, God will help us when we ask for help, but in a way that will make us more mature, more real, not in a way that will diminish us.

As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)

I've got a sweater. Ben pulled off his coat and held it out for her. Here. Thanks, Ben. It's lovely and warm. Then she said, Ben, I-- I can tell you how I feel about-- about everything. I think you're the best friend I've ever had. I-- I'd lie down and die for you if you wanted me to. Honey, Ben said. When I get you to lie down for me it won't be to die.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

We have to make decisions, and we can't make them if they're based on fear.

Friends do everything they can to protect each other. --Polly

There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises.

I simply take him into my heart, and then put him into God's hand.

As long as we know what it's about, then we can have the courage to go wherever we are asked to go, even if we fear that the road may take us through danger and pain.