Quotes About Trust

Everybody's on their best behavior during courting. That's just how the world works. It's how people work. Then, when they figure they've got you for keeps, that's when you find out what you've really gotten yourself into.

It's always easier to take a risk when it's your own stuff you're risking. Nothing is harder than risking something that belongs to somebody else.

No such thing as too truthful," I said.

I don't read you." I guess I didn't really expect him to. Because I'd never told him the beginning of the conversation. I hoped that didn't mean I was getting to be more like my mom.

Here's what I do. I say to my creator, 'I'm

Sometimes the people around you will have problems, and you'll wish they didn't, but there won't be anything you can do. You just have to trust them to get by as best they can.

Whether they admit it to you, whether they admit it to themselves, people know where they stand with each other. Virginia

It's not hard to fall in love," Hayden said. "The hard part is to love somebody who might actually do you some good.

It was a strange comfort, to simply trust her daughter to experience the world for herself. To learn on her own, instead of being force-fed lessons from jaded adults who thought they could predict the outcome of any situation.

There's some things in this life you can change and some you can't. I'm sure August tells you the same thing. Here's what you do when the time comes to talk to your dad. Here's what I do. I say to my creator, 'I'm about to open my mouth here. And, historically, that's been a dicey thing, as we both know. So some help is in order. So let me know what you want me to say to this person in this situation. Say it through me.

There are all manner of things that scare us at some point in our lives, but then later we find out they really never meant to hurt us anyway.

Somehow Bea knew the key would have to be an utter lack of preparation. Of anticipation. Once she allowed space for doubt, she would never overcome it.

the best way to judge what a man will do is by looking at what he's done in the past.

Without hesitation. Without creating a gap that doubt can wedge its way into, to create an even greater hesitation.

It's a trust thing. When people trust me, I'd just about die before I let them down. You can tell me anything.

anymore. Maybe he was even with someone else after all this time. "You really look worried," Pete said. "Relax. Something came up that he

I learned a valuable lesson from that editorial experience, and it's served me well in just about every dealing I've had with editors since. If they say there's a problem, they're probably right. Believe them.

She was the love of my life.' But that's too easy. Wait till you have to get right down to who's gonna take out the trash on a night when the mercury dips into single digits. Once you get that worked out, I'll believe you.

A human life is a very different place when you can tell people what you need.

Although God respects our freedom of choice and our children may reject grace, I believe their choice is influenced toward God when we give them to God, trust them to grace, and open ourselves to reflect God's love.

Faith includes not only a center of value and an image of power but, thirdly, trust in and loyalty to a story that helps us make sense out of our world and experiences. This is what Fowler calls the shared master story.

Children form their image of God in the context of relating to their parents and other significant adults.

Yes, our children must one day make the faith their own and give themselves to God, but God graciously draws them toward that day. Although God respects our freedom of choice and our children may reject grace, I believe their choice is influenced toward God when we give them to God, trust them to grace, and open ourselves to reflect God's love.

that in relaxed conversation with an adult who has become a friend, children express thoughts and insights that seldom show up in formal interviews or on tests.