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Trust |
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Quotations
Trust is good, but control is better. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 15 likes | |
I trust no one, not even myself. — Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet leader 8 likes | |
Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ All's Well That Ends Well 6 likes | |
No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 5 likes | |
Trust, But Verify. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 4 likes | |
To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 4 likes | |
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes | |
The way to learn whether a person is trustworthy is to trust him. — Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961, American writer, Nobel 1954 3 likes | |
Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. — Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist 3 likes | |
Those who trust us educate us. — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 3 likes | |
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. — Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer 3 likes | |
You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex. — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 3 likes | |
A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark. — Lord Acton, 1834-1902, English historian 2 likes | |
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 2 likes | |
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. — George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet 1 likes | |
In republics, the people give their favor, never their trust. | |
He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims | |
Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses. | |
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. |
Quotes in Verse
Trust me not at all, or all in all. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
Put more trust in integrity of character than in an oath. Καλοκαγαθίαν όρκου πιστοτέραν έχε. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 7 likes | |
We can never trust women again. Επεὶ ουκέτι πιστά γυναιξίν. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Odyssey XI 6 likes | |
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. Ουκ ανδρός όρκοι πίστις, αλλ’ όρκων ανήρ. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Fragments 6 likes | |
Do not trust everybody, only the trustworthy. Μη πάσιν, αλλά τοις δοκίμοισι πιστεύειν. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes | |
For trust and mistrust, alike ruin men. Πίστεις αρ τοι ομώς και απιστίαι ώλεσαν άνδρας. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -372 4 likes | |
Don’t trust everybody. Μη πάσι πίστευε. — Pittacus of Mytilene, 650-570 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
All it takes is faith and trust. — from the film Peter Pan 4 likes |