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• My father was a very humble and down to earth man, and was known for being very honest and trustworthy.

  Wissam Al Mana

  Father, Humble, Men

  "Janet Jackson 'splits' from husband Wissam Al Mana - five things to know about the billionaire businessman" by James Draper, www.mirror.co.uk. April 9, 2017.

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• There can be no more reliable authority on earth than God's Word, the Bible. This timeless, trustworthy source of truth holds the key that unlocks life's mysteries. It alone provides us with the shelter we need in times of storm.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Keys, Storm, Earth

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Insights Bible Handbook”

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• Make your judgment trustworthy by trusting it. Cultivate regular periods of silence and meditation. The best time to build judgment is in solitude, when you can think out things for yourself without the probability of interruption.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Trust, Time, Thinking

  Grenville Kleiser (1949). “Make Your Life Worth Living”

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• Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams.

  Andy Stanley

  Team, Leader, Secret

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• Many people are aware that we are in peril and that there is no trustworthy leadership.

  Alice Walker

  People, Peril

  Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.222, The New Press

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• The study of dreams may be considered the most trustworthy method of investigating deep mental processes. Now dreams occurring in traumatic neuroses have the characteristic of repeatedly bringing the patient back into the situation of his accident, a situation from which he wakes up in another fright.

  Sigmund Freud

  Dream, Wake Up, May

  Sigmund Freud (2015). “Beyond the Pleasure Principle”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wife, Dollars, Canine

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• Believing things on authority only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine per cent of the things you believe are believed on authority... Every historical event in the world is believed on authority. None of us has seen the Norman Conquest or the defeat of the Armada.

  C. S. Lewis

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept.

  H. G. Wells

  Noble, Form, Consistent

  H. G. Wells (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated)”, p.10933, Delphi Classics

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• If you set up an atmosphere of community and trust, it becomes a tradition. Older team members will establish your credibility with newer ones. Even if they don't like everything about you, they'll say, 'He's trustworthy, committed to us as a team.'

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Community, Atmosphere

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• A majority of the country finds Hillary Clinton to be neither honest nor trustworthy. She does have that veracity problem with the people. That was very clear.I think it's one of the reasons she wasn't elected president.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If subordinates, or people in general, know that they genuinely have easy access to their leader, they'll tend to view the leader in a more positive, trustworthy light.

  Donald T. Phillips

  Motivational, Light, Views

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• Daily, I examine myself in three areas. Have I done my best when doing things for others? Have I been trustworthy in my dealings with my friends? Have I revised the lessons I have been taught?

  Zengzi

  Goal, Three, Done

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• The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is no trustworthy evidence of any regulation of this process on the part of the organism.

  August Krogh

  Science, Oxygen, Regulation

  August Krogh (1977). “Respiratory adaptations, capillary exchange, and reflex mechanisms: proceedings of the August Krogh Centenary Symposium held in Srinagar, Kashmir (India), October 11-15, 1974”

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• It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it.

  Thomas de Quincey

  Memories, Notorious, Burden

  Thomas De Quincey (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas De Quincey (Illustrated)”, p.116, Delphi Classics

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• The Prophet also said: "A truthful and trustworthy merchant is associated with the prophets."

  Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi

  Positive, Truthful, Prophet

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• We need to commit to serve the Lord and our communities with the same diligence and faith that the pioneers had. We must ever be on our guard that we do not become casual in keeping God's commandments, in abiding by His laws, and in being honest and trustworthy in all that we do.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Law, Community, Abiding

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• According to a new poll, 48 percent of Americans believe that Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy. Then Hillary said, 'Actually I just made that poll up.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Believe, Honest, Clinton

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• Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.

  J. G. Holland

  Anchors, Wealth

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• Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die.

  John Stossel

  Drug, Competition, Company

  "John Stossel's Plan to Abolish the FDA Should Be Laughed Out of Town". www.cbsnews.com. March 1, 2010.

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• The Master has no mind of her own. She works with the mind of the people. She is good to people who are good. She is also good to people who aren't good. This is true goodness. She trusts people who are trustworthy. She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy. This is true trust. The Master's mind is like space. People don't understand her. They look to her and wait. She treats them like her own children.

  Laozi

  Children, Space, People

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• Time & Co. are, after all, the only quite honest and trustworthy publishers that we know.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Literature, Honest, Fame

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1722, Delphi Classics

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• And there was a deeper, less visible effect of the Truman loyalty program. Seeing its consequences for certain individuals and fearing its intrusion on their own lives, many in the government sought protection by strongly asserting their anti-Communism. In the public action that ensued, policy was based not on reality but, instinctively or deliberately, on personal caution...Those who urged a militant and sometimes military anti-Communism were considered sound, trustworthy and personally safe; those who questioned such a course were politically unsafe, possible even slightly disloyal.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Loyalty, Military, Reality

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• Dealing with all the questions once the book is out and unchangeable, forces you to permanently give opinions about - in this case - sensible, challenging topics that you are basically only half the expert you would have to be if you wanted to explain yourself in a trustworthy, intelligent and helpful manner.

  Sasa Stanisic

  Book, Intelligent, Giving

  "The Rumpus International Rivers Interview #3: Sasa Stanisic On The Danube". Interview with Michael Zelenko, therumpus.net. January 25, 2010.

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• People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

  Chris Prentiss

  Believe, People, Luck

  Chris Prentiss (2007). “The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery”, p.124, BookBaby

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