"Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience."
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"Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for."
"Trust means you're ready to risk what you currently have."
"The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence."
"We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot."
"If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results."
"The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence."
"Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny"
"Believe in yourself. Trust the process. Change forever."
"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."
"No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence."
"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks."
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
"Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
"The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public."
"I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave."
"When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective."
"You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."
"The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice."
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic."