Being Trusted Quotes

• She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted.

  Ayn Rand

  Trust, Honesty, People

  "Atlas Shrugged".

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• Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

  Mike Paul

  Trust, Honesty, Block

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• To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Graduation, Honesty

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

  Stephen Covey

  Want, Trustworthy, Trusted

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.49, Mango Media Inc.

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• Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Trust, Truth

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• To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

  George MacDonald

  Love, Life, Friendship

  "The Marquis of Lossie".

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• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Cheating, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.43, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• God knows best. We can trust Him with our lives as well as our eternal souls. He does not take something from us without filling that spot with something just as good--- and because it's from Him, even much better

  Janette Oke

  Inspirational, Trust, God

  Janette Oke (1999). “A Searching Heart”, p.233, Bethany House

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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• If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Memories

  Mark Twain, Classics HD (2015). “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: by Mark Twain (Illustrated and Unabridged)”, p.2, Classics HD

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• Was ever poet so trusted before?

  Samuel Johnson

  Trust, Poet, Trusted

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.262

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• Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

  Shelley Long

  Trust, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.

  Suzanne Collins

  Relationship, Trust, Betrayal

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.109, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Trust, Kings, Angel

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

  Laozi

  Trust, Taoism, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail.

  Lou Holtz

  Success, Trust, Leadership

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• Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

  Billy Graham

  Essence, Confidentiality, Trusted

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.95, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted.

  Simon Van Booy

  Harder, Wanted, Trusted

  Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.20, Oneworld Publications

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• Dancing is being trusted with other people's guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I'm giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it.

  Judith Jamison

  People, Giving, Dancing

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• Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

  Kevin Kline

  Creative, Actors, Feels

  "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Press conference, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• If a woman isn't being hazed, she's not being tested; therefore, she is not being trusted.

  Warren Farrell

  Trusted, Tested, Ifs

  Warren Farrell (1994). “The Myth of Male Power: Why Men are the Disposable Sex”, Berkley Trade

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• Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.

  Sloane Crosley

  Writing, Emotional, Thinking

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