Quotes About Trust

They settled the question, by deciding that misfortunes most commonly happen to us from our own misconduct or imprudence; but sometimes from causes independent of ourselves; that the most innocent and prudent conduct cannot always preserve us from them; and that, whether they arise from our own fault or not, trust in God softens them, and renders them useful in preparing us for a better life.

Il cuor mi dice che ci rivedremo presto. - Certo, il cuore, chi gli dà retta, ha sempre qualche cosa da dire su quello che sarà. Ma che sà il cuore? Appena un poco di quello che è già accaduto.

Oh, Dios mío!, ¿qué harán esos infelices cuando yo ya no esté aquí?» Pero alzó los ojos al cielo, y se acusó de haber carecido de confianza, de haberse creído necesario para algo.

No sabíais que si el hombre promete demasiado a menudo más de lo que puede mantener, también amenaza no menos a menudo, más de lo que se atreve luego a cumplir? ¿No sabíais que la iniquidad no se funda sólo en sus propias fuerzas, sino también en la credulidad y el miedo ajenos?

The day had come and the appointed hour was near. Gertrude, alone with Lucia in her private parlor, showed more tenderness than usual, and Lucia accepted and returned her affection with growing fondness. Like the lamb that trembles fearlessly under the shepherd's hand as he softly pets her and pulls her along, she turns to lick his hand, not realizing that waiting outside the pen is the butcher to whom she has just been sold.

There is a saying that, when it comes to friends, you should have very few, but to those few be very close.

Ora sapete come è l'aspettativa: immaginosa, credula, sicura.

No sabíais que si el hombre promete demasiado a menudo más de lo que puede mantener, también amenaza no menos a menudo, más de lo que se atreve luego a cumplir?

Con l'idee donna Prassede si regolava come dicono che si deve far con gli amici: n'aveva poche; ma a quelle poche era molto affezionata. Tra le poche, ce n'era per disgrazia molte delle storte; e non eran quelle che le fossero men care.

He who utters falsehoods to the [lawyer] is a fool who will tell the truth to the judge.

The women urged him to be calm, patient, and prudent. "Tomorrow," Lucia said, "Padre Cristoforo will surely come, and you'll see for yourself that he'll find the kind of solution that we common folk cannot even imagine.

L'uomo che vuole offendere, o che teme, ogni momento, d'essere offeso, cerca naturalmente alleati e compagni.

A man who wishes to hurt others, or who is constantly afraid of being hurt by them, naturally looks for allies and companions.

Non sapevate che, se l'uomo promette troppo spesso più che non sia per mantenere, minaccia anche non di rado, più che non s'attenti poi di commettere? Non sapevate che l'iniquità non si fonda soltanto sulle sue forze, ma anche sulla credulità e sullo spavento altrui?

Quando dunque un amico si procura quella consolazione di deporre un segreto nel seno d'un altro, dà a costui la voglia di procurarsi la stessa consolazione anche lui.

Was it not her constant study to second the will of Heaven? -- But, alas! she often fell into the terrible mistake of taking for the will of Heaven, the vain imaginings of her own brain.

God doesn't start miracles without finishing them.

It can't be 'true' love without the truth

If you want anything to work, Sunday, you're going to have to believe it.

People were supposed to cry at weddings; they just weren't supposed to cry because they suspected that the bride was going to die.

And because he had food, she followed him.

The only way to keep a secret is not to repeat it

This god, this one word: "I.

Parents existed to be used by their children.