Quotes About Trust

I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

There was one person who greatly and directly benefited my career--my agent Virginia Kidd. From 1968 to the late nineties she represented all my work, in every field except poetry. I could send her an utterly indescribable story, and she'd sell it to Playboy or the Harvard Law Review or Weird Tales or The New Yorker--she knew where to take it. She never told me what to write or not write, she never told me, That won't sell, and she never meddled with my prose.

A man who saw a miracle would reject his eyes' witness, if those with him saw nothing.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

The attitude of mourning is a faithless attitude, an ignorant attitude. The more we know, the more fully we shall trust, for we shall feel with utter certainty that we and our dead are alike in the hands of perfect Power and perfect Wisdom, directed by perfect Love.

People cheat when they are afraid. When there is no cost to being wrong or confessing ignorance, there is no reason to cheat or fake comprehension.

That our intuition could lead us astray is troubling in direct proportion to the degree of trust we place in it. The solution would seem to be: Don't be overly trusting. Mix in a healthy dose of skepticism. But suppose we don't have a say in the matter? Suppose we're hardwired to trust—to believe in—our instincts, regardless of whether they're right? Suddenly the problem of not knowing becomes a lot more complicated.

Diggs lubricated her skepticism with diplomacy.

And of course, if there's one thing we feel we can take as truth in these books it's Katniss and her narrative. But we should ask ourselves whether even this should be above suspicion. Like all first-person narrators, Katniss is her own editor with her own biases: she chooses how to present herself and those around her. Katniss has a stake in the story she's telling and what that stake is changes how she portrays the events and her emotional reaction to them.

Just because a man's hormones are involved doesn't mean his heart is involved.

I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts rumor and gossip in place of undismayed and unintimidated inquiry.

Trust is won not given.

Beware of the man to whom you have done a good turn.

When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

Thankfully, as you will see, the two facts that, (1) you are upset by your bad thoughts, and (2) that you have never acted on them, are sure signs that you will never act on them.

When youre sharing a foxhole with another man, you don't worry about what color he is, just whether or not he will protect your back

Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.

Faith makes it possible to achieve that which man's mind can conceive and believe.

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

When I meet the right girl I'll definitely have no hesitations to a relationship.

Leaders must be good listeners. It's rule number one, and it's the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships.

An honorable leader must demonstrate a willingness to reveal his or her 'inner self' to their team. It builds trust and trust is essential. It's also a sign of strength and authenticity, and people are attracted to those who are 'real' and authentic.