Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIt is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
ConfuciusTrust not too much to appearances.
VirgilA trusty comrade is always of use, and a chronicler still more so.
Arthur Conan DoyleAll men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
James MadisonI trust no one, not even myself.
Joseph StalinThe human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.
Harry S. TrumanThe senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.
Rene DescartesIf others must serve you, serve them first, love begets love, trust engenders trust.
Sai BabaThe trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
Stephen KingI cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. LeeHe who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
Lao TzuBoth oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people and therefore deprive them of their arms.
AristotleTrust but verify.
Ronald ReaganAmericans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James MadisonFaith is a state of openness or trust.
Alan WattsI am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.
Maya AngelouHaving trust and faith in your own country, you won't try to put down any other country.
Sai BabaTrust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
James DeanNobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Alexander HamiltonEvery government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
Thomas JeffersonYou must cultivate unity, cooperation and mutual trust.
Sai BabaConfidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
Ambrose BierceOne of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be and how dangerous it is to trust them.
Thomas SowellWhat we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as president.
Lyndon B. JohnsonAh! yes I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
Jean-Paul SartreThose who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Calvin CoolidgeWe are all selfish, and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.
Lord ByronThere is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
John AdamsThe true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
Pope John XXIIIThe only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.
Dave BarryWhoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
Albert EinsteinI learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
Carl SandburgNever trust a man without vices.
Winston ChurchillSo near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaTrust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
Stephen CoveySeize the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
HoraceYou must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide
Ingrid BergmanI'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
William F. Buckley, Jr.Modern cynics and skeptics see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage, than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
John F. KennedyI know it when I don't know it. Sometimes I know it when I don't think I know it. I need to trust myself in these moments, these rare moments of self-doubt.
Rush LimbaughPut not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
Oliver Wendell HolmesWe have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
Tennessee WilliamsIf the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
Barack ObamaYou must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.
Anton ChekhovI wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.
Barry GoldwaterWhen you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them, either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
Niccolo MachiavelliIt is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
James Arthur BaldwinWe must respect the past and mistrust the present if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Joseph JoubertI would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood - but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.
Tupac ShakurAge appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis BaconTrust one who has tried.
VirgilYouth is the trustee of prosperity.
Benjamin DisraeliWe live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions, and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.
Benjamin DisraeliLet no such man be trusted.
William ShakespeareAgain you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut destiny life karma whatever. This approach has never let me down and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve JobsIn almost every profession - whether it's law, or journalism, finance, or medicine, or academia, or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust we are all worse off for it.
Hillary ClintonNo lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
John RuskinLet every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
William ShakespeareThe mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about you don't know how we do our jobs you don't know what's important.
Rush LimbaughAdvertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin CoolidgeThe people of Wisconsin have been good to me. I've tried to live up to their trust. And now I ask those hardworking men and women and millions like them across America to join our cause and get this country working again. When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket I said 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly what we're going to do.
Paul RyanYou can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut destiny life karma whatever. This approach has never let me down and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve Jobs