Quotes About Trust

Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone

This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.

How would you feel about sharing your bed? she asked. Tristan blinked. Excuse me? He'd love to! Gary said. Tristan shot him a look, Good, said Ivy, failing to notice Gary's wink. Ella can be a pillow hog, but all you have to do is roll over her.

I stopped walking and wrapped my arms tightly around him. You know I can hear your heart. Could you hear it breaking when I accused you of getting my cartoon pulled? he asked. I held my head back so I could look him directly in the eye. I didn't pull it. You couldn't have, he replied, because I did.

I felt mocked. That's what I get for trusting you. He took a step back. Excuse me! Trust doesn't mean you get the response you want from someone, but that you'll get an honest response, and that the other person will stick by you even when you can't agree. Stick by you for how long, through how much? I wondered. What is the expiration date on trust?

This isn't some kind of game for me. I love you, Ivy Lyons, and one day you're going to believe me. - Tristan Carruthers -

So what don't you get? The way people talk and act like they're crazy in love, and then, ding , suddenly they're not. It's like it was all just pretend. Like it's just a game. He crunched on an ice cube. Well, sometimes it is just a game. Then how are you supposed to believe someone when it isn't ?

If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!

Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.

He is always doing something--the very best thing, the thing we ourselves would certainly choose if we knew the end from the beginning. He is at work to bring us to our full glory.

Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in dark tunnels.

Mrs. Schultz believed in beer the way his grandmother believed in the Republican party.

Portia was affected differently. She felt very quiet with happiness Oh, I just hope and pray, she said. And Mrs. Cheever walking lightly beside her, said: Well, I have a feeling, Portia, I have a feeling in my bones that your wish is going to come true. Do you, Aunt Minnehaha? Honestly? Cross your heart? I cross my heart, said Mrs. Cheever. Yes, indeed I do.

The thought had occurred to me as I was flying to Salt Lake City earlier that day that Ted Bundy might offer to let me stay in his apartment" (p. 74). (Loftus testified as a defense expert for Ted Bundy in 1976)

With God's help, your trial today is leading to your wholeness tomorrow.

With the help of the Lord, you can handle life's challenges and heartaches, even the valley of the shadow of death. What comfort your fainting heart has, knowing that in those stumbling times of discouragement and despair, of depletion and seeming defeat, the Shepherd will find you...restore and fix you...and follow you...until you are well on your way.

By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd!

because God knows everything about us, cares about us, helps us, and listens to us whenever we turn to Him, we are not carrying our burdens alone. We therefore have no reason to be bitter.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God's will.

Marriage is more than finding the right person…it is being the right person!

Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.

And now, dear Lord, I acknowledge afresh that You are the God of all peace, my Jehovah-Shalom. My job is to receive. you give me Your peace. My job is to take it. You lead me to Your still waters. My role is to follow. You extend Your hand. My role is to take hold. My I enjoy Your presence and the tranquility of the still waters where You pour out your promise of peace. Amen.

What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

Each time you turn your life issues over to God and allow Him to lead, you build trust in Him.