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Quotes About Trust

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
I think he wants to use you to get to me, because I'm hard to corner." Devlin picked up her suitcase. "Maybe if he figures if he threatens you, I'd walk into a trap bare-ass naked with my hands up." "And would you do that?" she asked, already knowing the answer. "In a minute and with a smile on my face.
~ Alexis Morgan
Nothing is more important to us when we're young than how our parents feel about us. Uncertainty about that, or terror about being abandoned, can leave its mark even after we're grown.
~ Alfie Kohn
Some who support more coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlled—those who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so on. Control breeds the need for more control, which then is used to justify the use of control.
~ Alfie Kohn
Our main question shouldn't be "How do I get my child to do what I say?" but "What does my child need - and how can I meet those needs?" In my experience, you can predict much of what happens in families just from knowing which of those questions is more important to the parents. You don't even have to know the answers they've found. The questions are what count.
~ Alfie Kohn
Y yo no tendré miedo de morenas ni rubias, pues cerraré los ojos y te diré: soy tuya.
~ Alfonsina Storni
I am His sheep and he is my shepperd. I roamed and he let me. Then he called me. And he led me.
~ Alfonso Guerrero
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
~ Alfred
All lasting business is built on friendship.
~ Alfred A. Montapert
Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.
~ Alfred A. Montapert
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
~ Alfred Adler
I'm going to be frank, Max..." "Of course. All cards on the table." But he gave me a poker smile.
~ Alfred Alcorn
A friend is a person who likes you for what you are, in spite of all your faults, all your shortcomings.
~ Alfred Armand Montapert
The dog has been esteemed and loved by all the people on earth and he has deserved this affection for he renders services that have made him man's best friend.
~ Alfred Barbou
Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.
~ Alfred Bester
no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.
~ Alfred Bester
There are women who do not like to cause suffering to many men at a time, and who prefer to concentrate on one man: These are the faithful women.
~ Alfred Capus
One must not trifle with love.
~ Alfred de Musset
Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening.
~ Alfred de Musset
Do Not Trifle with Love.
~ Alfred de Musset
I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.
~ Alfred de Musset
L'amitié ni l'amour ne doivent recevoir que ce qu'ils peuvent rendre (37)
~ Alfred de Musset
Ami, ne t'en va plus si loin. D'un peu d'aide j'ai grand besoin, Quoi qu'il m'advienne. Je ne sais où va mon chemin, Mais je marche mieux quand ma main Serre la tienne.
~ Alfred de Musset
Je n'avais vécu que par cette femme ; douter d'elle, c'était douter de tout ; la maudire, tout renier ; la perdre, tout détruire. P 27
~ Alfred de Musset