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Quotes About Trust

Oh, God, if I'm anything by a clinical name, I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
~ J. D. Salinger
History is to the effect that man's sins always find him out; but men continue to bet that they won't.
~ E. W. Howe
Who lies for you will lie against you.
~ Bosnian Proverb
A half truth is a whole lie.
~ Yiddish Proverb
Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.
~ Austin O'Malley
Beware of the half-truth; you may have gotten hold of the wrong half.
~ Author unknown, 1930s
The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, — 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yes, it is always the best policy to speak the truth — unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
~ Jerome K. Jerome, 1892
...and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only for an hour, it hath done its work... Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale has had its effect: like a man, who has thought of a good repartee, when the discourse has changed; or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.
~ Jonathan Swift, 1710
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you're slamming the door in the face of God.
~ Charles L. Allen
My neighbor asked me if he could borrow my lawnmower. I told him he could — as long as he didn't take it out of my yard.
~ Author Unknown
His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be.  The cub's fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience.  Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.  He would have to learn the reality of a thing before he could put his faith into it.
~ Jack London
It was a placing of his destiny in another's hands, a shifting of the responsibilities of existence. This in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone.
~ Jack London
but do not come down to the working class and serve as false leaders. You cannot honestly be in the two camps at once. The working class has done without you. Believe me, the working class will continue to do without you. And, furthermore, the working class can do better without you than with you.
~ Jack London
Amos, que não percebia nada de química, observava-o com tranquila curiosidade. Mas Jees Uck, com uma fé profunda na sabedoria dos brancos e particularmente na sabedoria de Neil Bonner, Jees Uck que não só não sabia nada como tinha noção da sua ignorância, fitava-o no rosto, mais do que nas mãos.
~ Jack London
superior air, gained his feet, and walked over to White Fang. He talked soothingly to him, but not for long, then slowly put out his hand, rested it on White Fang's head, and resumed the interrupted
~ Jack London
Steward, Daughtry. Mr. Daughtry, friend, sir, or whatever I may name you, this is no fairy-story of the open boat, the cross-bearings unnamable, and the treasure a fathom under the sand. This is real. I have a heart. That, sir"—here he waved his extended hand under Daughtry's nose—"is my hand. There is only one thing you may do, must do, right now. You must take that hand in your hand, and shake it, with your heart in your hand as mine is in my hand.
~ Jack London
Verilen söze koÅŸulsuz güven duyulamayacaksa, eÄŸer verilen söz, dünyay? bir arada tutan baÄŸlar kadar saÄŸlam olmayacaksa, o zaman hayata dair hiçbir umut beslenemez, kâinat içsel yanl??l???ndan ötürü kaosa sürüklenip paramparça olur.
~ Jack London
Well, Buck, my boy," he went on in a genial voice, "we've had our little ruction, and the best thing we can do is to let it go at that. You've learned your place, and I know mine. Be a good dog and all 'll go well and the goose hang high. Be a bad dog, and I'll whale the stuffin' outa you. Understand?
~ Jack London
Parables don't lie, but liars will parable."—Lip-King.
~ Jack London
those whose tastes run to personal power [can] never be trusted to act save in the pursuit of their own ambition.
~ Jack McDevitt
overcoming your fear of disclosure
~ Jack Stack
When you report to people every week about the condition of the company, you establish credibility. When you get them to write the information down, you teach. Education comes by repetition.
~ Jack Stack
6. You Can Sometimes Fool the Fans, But You Can Never Fool the Players.
~ Jack Stack