502 quotes
There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
Orison Swett Marden
Writer · American
Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.
Herb Kohl
Politician · American · b. 1935
What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
Pope John Paul II
Clergyman · Polish · 1920 – 2005
Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
Patrick J. Kennedy
Politician · American · b. 1967
Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund.
Howie Carr
Author · American · b. 1952
Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.
Horatio Nelson
Soldier · British · 1758 – 1805
Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.
John Witherspoon
Politician · American · 1723 – 1794
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.
Peter Drucker
Businessman · American · 1909 – 2005
Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.
Henry James Sumner Maine
Historian · English · 1822 – 1888
I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.
Gerrit Smith
Politician · American · 1797 – 1874
Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'
John Lasseter
Director · American · b. 1957
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.
Frank Murphy
Politician · American · 1890 – 1949
When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.
Barbara Boxer
Politician · American · b. 1940
We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same.
David Horowitz
Writer · American · b. 1939
The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
Thomas J. Watson
Scientist · American · 1874 – 1956
Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.
John McKinley
Politician · American · 1780 – 1852
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.
Rowan Williams
Theologian · English · b. 1950
The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return.
Linus Torvalds
Businessman · Finnish · b. 1969
People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me.
George W. Bush
President · American · b. 1946
Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
John Churton Collins
Critic · English · 1848 – 1908
Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.
F. L. Lucas
Critic · English
Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make the hard and difficult decisions, knowing that we're doing it to make things better for the people of Illinois.
Rod Blagojevich
Politician · American · b. 1956
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail.
Henry A. Wallace
Vice President · American · 1888 – 1965
If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.
Jef I. Richards
When trust improves, the mood improves.
Fernando Flores
Politician · Chilean · b. 1943
O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.
George Whitefield
Clergyman · American · 1714 – 1770
A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.
Cardinal De Retz
Clergyman · French
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. Elton Trueblood
Educator
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Finley Peter Dunne
Journalist · American · b. 1867
How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?
Mary Renault
Novelist · English · b. 1905
You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.
Richard Russo
Novelist · American · b. 1949
Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere.
Brian Koslow
Disarmament requires trust.
Gustav Heinemann
Politician · German · 1899 – 1976
You can never trust what you read.
William Goldman
Novelist · American · b. 1931
I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
Victoria Woodhull
Activist · American · 1838 – 1927
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
Andre Norton
Writer · American · 1912 – 2005
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
Bob Etheridge
Politician · American · b. 1941
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within.
Robert Dale Owen
Politician · Scottish · 1801 – 1877
When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.
Noah Webster
Writer · American · 1758 – 1843
I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.
William Halsey
Soldier · American · 1882 – 1959
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Poet · Scottish · b. 1925
Don't trust anyone over thirty.
Jerry Rubin
Activist · American · 1938 – 1994
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.
Stanislaw Lem
Writer · Polish · 1921 – 2006
In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
G. I. Gurdjieff
Educator · Russian · 1872 – 1949
Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.
Chuck Colson
Lawyer · American · b. 1931
If we can by any method establish a relation of mutual trust between the laborer and the employer, we shall lay the foundation stone of a structure that will endure for all time.
Mark Hanna
Businessman · American · 1837 – 1904
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.
Martin Van Buren
President · American · 1782 – 1862
If global cooling will come soon - scientists will lose trust.
Shigenori Maruyama
Scientist · Japanese