Quotes About Trust

Self-trust, we know, is the first secret of success.

All things are in common among friends.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, That when they speak truth they are not believed.

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

It is easy to blame the cacique, Tahacha said. But he is only a man; he derives his power from other men, who will follow him for only as long as they believe in him. It

But he is only a man; he derives his power from other men, who will follow him for only as long as they believe in him.

There was a mathematical elegance to faith like this: believe in God, follow His rules, and you will be rewarded; disbelieve, disobey, and you will be punished.

When I go beyond a certain range it's outside of my direct horizon therefore I've got to rely on the writings and personal communications given to me by other people that I know.... I've got to try to piece together some tentative information picture of what the whole thing is like, but I'm aware that it becomes more and more speculative as it becomes more and more second, third, fourth hand. And this applies to absolutely everyone.

She craved a presence beside her, solid. Fingertips light at the nape of her neck and a voice meeting hers in the dark. Someone who would wait with an umbrella to walk her home in the rain, and smile like sunshine when he saw her coming. Who would dance with her on her balcony, keep his promises and know her secrets, and make a tiny world wherever he was, with just her and his arms and his whisper and her trust.

People with secrets shouldn't make enemies. People with destinies shouldn't make plans.

Stop squandering yourself, child. Wait for love.

Follow me," said Karou. As if he could have done anything else.

People are our safe places. I have one: a person who's a home and a world to me.

How do you just thrust "I love you" out into the air? It needs waiting arms to catch it.

Let's just get this out of the way so I can relax. Karou, your friends aren't going to eat us, are they?" No, Karou thought. They are not. She whispered back, "I don't think so. But try not to look delicious, okay?

Please tell me you have to pee." "What? No. No, I do not. Don't even ask." "Oh, come on. I'd do it myself if I could, but I can't. I'm a girl." "I know. Life is unfair. I'm still not going to pee on Karou's ex-boyfriend for you." "What? I wasn't even going to ask you to." In her most reasonable tone, Zuzana explained, "I just want you to pee in a balloon so I can drop it on him." "Oh." Mik pretended to consider this for approximately one and a half second. "No.

I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupid—what's it called? Crying? Or NOT. I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you won't punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child.

I have not yet elected to bestow the grace of my saliva upon another human being. I have never… kissed anyone.

You needn't trouble yourself. He's only a librarian.

Love was love. But she hoped that he was not a dragon.

I know. Life is so unfair. I'm still not going to pee on Karou's ex-boyfriend for you." "What? I wasn't even going to ask you to." In her most reasonable tone, Zuzana explained explained, "I just want you to pee in a balloon so I can drop it on him.

To be one of a pair of bodies that knew that melting fusion. To reach and find. To be and reached for and found. To belong to a mutual certainty. To wake up holding hands.

Never attempt an alliance without chocolate.

It was a rule of secret-keeping, in which she was well-versed: Ask not, lest ye be asked.