Quotes About Trust

Never part with a fact unless you've no choice.

You kneel beside her, breathing the familiar smell of Sasha's sleep, whispering into her ear some mix of I'm sorry and I believe in you and I'll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never leave you, I'll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life, until the water pressing my shoulders and chest crushes me awake and I hear Sasha screaming into my face: Fight! Fight! Fight!

Never trust a candy house! It was only a matter of time before someone made them pay for what they thought they were getting for free. Why could nobody see this?

Proof of what he'd always believed: men's children gave them away. It was why Dexter rarely did business with any man before meeting his family. He wished his Tabby had gone barefoot, too.

Don't tie yourself in knots trying to predict the future.

I would never lie to you, Mica," she lied.

All lies are just truths served more palatably.

It's funny how you can know a person, think of him as your closest friend, and still never gain access to the secret chambers in his heart.

I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle . . . call Mom.

I remember, my mom didn't have any help, so if she needed to be somewhere after school, we'd just go down to the neighbors' and she'd give us a snack and make sure we did our homework. There weren't any latchkey kids.

The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell.

It was a lesson most people learned much earlier; that even friendship could have an undisclosed shelf life. That loyalty and affection, so consuming and powerful, could dissipate like fog.

sooner or later you have to decide what you believe." It was a thing I'd always known but until recently had forgotten: that faith is a decision. In its most basic form, it is a choice.

It wasn't her problem to solve; it was Kevin's. Let God fix him. After repeating the words for months, she finally understood what they meant. Let go and let God.

I open my heart to her and lay it on the table.

Having two women—one who can't know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life—is clearly difficult for him.

When my heart is better, less shrunken, I will throw her out there to love again, without hesitation, even knowing what we know.

Holy crap, my heart was arrogant to believe her spotless track record could stay that way.

It is not your responsibility to explain what God is doing with your life. He has not provided enough information to figure it out. Instead, you are asked to turn loose and let God be God. Therein lies the secret to the "peace that transcends understanding.

I prayed a one-line prayer simply because my Christian labor had failed me and I had no idea what else to do (and I strongly advise against this prayer unless you are quite ready for God to take you seriously and wreck your life): "God, raise up in me a holy passion.

For the first time in our lives, we weren't trying to create our own opportunities; we were simply trying to respond to the Spirit's leading.

A promise is only as good as the person who makes it. The character of the promiser is what gives the promise its value. His promises are meant to ignite faith and expectation and desire, and then to point us to Him. His promises act to bind our hearts to His. His promises turn our eyes toward Him. When our hearts are occupied with who He is, it will not be hard to believe what He promises to do. The revelation of His person is the secret to trusting His promises.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of God's willingness.

You haven't locked yourself in any rooms or rocked in any corners, right?" I rolled my eyes and began walking again. No Daemon, but thanks for making sure I'm mentally sound and all.