This is a delicate issue for me as it probably is with many people out there. Because of this I decided to post some quotes on the matter that I feel speak accurately from varying perspectives on the subject. Feel free to add to the list if you have something to add...or not.
"Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it the vase will never be same again."
"I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you" -Friedrich Nietzsche
“We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy” -Walter Anderson
“The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be- and when they're not, we cry.”
“Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.”
“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough” -Frank Crane
“When mistrust comes in, love goes out.”
“The best proof of love is trust.” -Dr. Joyce Brothers
“If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win”
“Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement." -Alfred Adler
"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him." -Booker T. Washington
"A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else." -Cardinal de Retz
"Who would not rather trust and be deceived?" -Eliza Cook
"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired." -Erik H. Erikson
"A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust." -Nanette Newman
"Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work." -Rita Mae Brown
"It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."- Samuel Johnson
"Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity."- Kahlil Gibran
"Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. "- D. Elton Trueblood
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"trust people for who they are and not who you want them to be..." word. ive had to learn that the hard way. btw thanks for the comments man. its nice to know someone is reading.
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ReplyDeleteYea, that one is deep. It is difficult to give up your expectations of a person to acknowledge who they truly are. Although, people will often mislead you into believing in a false identity. It's a touchy situation all around... peace