Quotes About Trust

The world was not to be trusted. Loved persons were always stolen. Dreams always squashed. That was life as she understood it.

When she spread her wings and leaped screeching into the air she had not the slightest doubt that every hand below her would stretch to catch her. And if one could leap from a height with no fear of falling, could one not be said to possess the secret of flight? Just like a bird, just like a god.

You see, hannibal said, I happily give wine to my friends, but a man who drinks my wine and then rejects my friendship is a thief.

Sometimes she wondered about lung cancer, but on some basic, primal level she believed that she and any cancers that might grow in her system were one and the same being, and they would do her no harm. ?It was an idle, amusing thought

With so many people, democracy is impossible, and corruption is so easy.

Indie sat there without speaking for moment, then shook her head. "It's no problem," she said. "The thought that you might need it just makes me a little bit nervous, that's all. I'll be okay." He went

think he understands that you wouldn't do that

Do you always have to keep your claws out and sharp? Has it ever occurred to you that some of us might just want to be friendly?

walked to the door. "You know, you don't have to show me the way. I done this enough times now, I know how to get there." "Yeah, probably," the guard said. "They just like us to walk along with you, make sure you don't get lost along the way. Besides, I've got money on you tonight. You're not gonna disappoint me, are you?

God puts us where He wants us when He wants us. What that means is that we will find ourselves

told you, man, if you find out who they are, they kill you. I think he wants to meet you so he can look you in the eye before you die!

In that city, if people caught the faintest whiff that you were in trouble, that you were a victim, your friends disappeared faster than a bowl of punch at an AA convention.

Give the world a common enemy, and they will happily surrender their liberties," Gary said softly. "That was one of the things Kissinger said.

as I weaved and wended my dappled way toward Jackson Lane, I felt certain nobody here would ever commit an impolite crime, and whatever crimes they did commit, they would never be so vulgar as to get caught.

My Annie is a beautiful woman herself, and she's always dealing with men hitting on her. I can't tell you how grateful I am that she's devoted to me, so I'm certainly not going to be anything less than devoted to her.

I like to believe that you don't need to reach a certain goal to be happy. I prefer to think that happiness is always there, and that when things don't go the way we might like them to, it's a sign from above that something even better is right around the corner.

Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware.

Things have a way of taking on the lives of those around them, so when someone in the house betrays you, it's a betrayal multiplied in perpetuity: your favorite book turns to drivel; coffee in space-related paraphernalia, undrinkable; couches, unsittable. And when the betrayer walks out the front door for the last time, you'll have to dig a tunnel under the house, or exit through the chimney, because fuck that door.

The diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who is speaking, and in praying, responds to him with trusting openness of heart. If it is effectively promoted, this practice will bring to the Church—I am convinced of it—a new spiritual springtime. —Pope Benedict XVI

The Lord never asks the impossible. Often the difficult, but never the impossible.

It's neither safe nor practical to assume that man in your life can be counted on to take care of your finances.

Don't ever put your entire financial fate in someone else's hands.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.

Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.