Trust
I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.
~Henry David Thoreau
It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody.
~English Proverb
Our distrust is very expensive.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
~Samuel Johnson
We're all born brave, trusting, and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.
~Mignon McLaughlin
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
~Henry L. Stimson
The best proof of love is trust.
~Joyce Brothers
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
~Proverbs 27:6
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
~Proverbs 28:26
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.
~Proverbs 29:25
Trust that costs little is worth little.
~Jamie A. Grant
Trust is earned, but is still given as a gift.
~Jamie A. Grant
Sources
www.wisdomquotes.com
www.worldofquotes.com
11 comments:
Hey Jamie. I really liked all those quotes...but I especially liked the one by Joyce Brothers. :) They're all so true and to the point. Good post!
Ah, yes. Trusting others is easier said than done. It is important to trust others, but how can you do that easily if you are unsure the person is trustworthy? (I'm not a trusting person, if you didn't catch that)
Ah, yes. Trusting others is easier said than done. It is important to trust others, but how can you do that easily if you are unsure the person is trustworthy? (I'm not a trusting person, if you didn't catch that)
As the one quote says, Aleah, I have the opposite problem. I'm much too trusting.
Let me try to answer your question with another question. If you wanted someone to trust you, how would you do it? How can you be sure that you are trustworthy?
Well, I know I'm trustworthy and people tell me that. It's just, I have a hard time trusting others in return, just because of past experiences being let down or seeing others being let down, it made me a little too cautious sometimes. Yes, I can be too trusting in some situations, but in most, I'm not. When people say, "trust me" I usually try to, but I'm still really sceptical. But certain people, I trust fully and can't even imagine them letting me down. So I don't know how to fix that, 'cause I myself am I trustworthy person.
I was suggesting that you could apply the same criteria you use to determine your own trustworthiness to your analysis of others.
I'm hardly the person to give advice on this issue. I wrote up this post because I'm working through some aspects of trust in relationships myself. I've been burnt in the past, and I've also been the one that has burnt others. It's not pretty either way, but sometimes it's a total disaster.
So far, the main thing that I have gleaned from my experience is that trust will be broken at some point. The only perfectly trustworthy person is Jesus. Besides that, any relationship will break a point of trust eventually. The best defense isn't to block off trust, it's to acknowledge this possibility and deal with broken trust in a way that restores both sides of the relationship.
Put that together with trusting a person that genuinely cares for you, and that will have a better chance of a creating and maintaining a good relationship.
Trust is one of those concepts that seems easy to do but in reality isn't always, like love I suppose. It's easy to say how you are supposed to trust or love someone but when it comes down to it, it takes a strong person to really be able to follow through.
I suppose that trust and love go hand in hand. You should trust those that you love because they probably love you back and are worthy of your trust. You should love those that you trust because, well we should love our enemies so even if we don't trust them, so surely those we do trust are worthy of love.
"The thing about trust, see, is when you give it, you usually get it back."
~David Aldridge, article on ESPN.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2004/columns/story?columnist=aldridge_david&id=1814806
"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote."
Edward Young
"I hate quotation. Tell me what you know."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive."
Kenneth Williams
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
W. Somerset Maugham
And in summary...
"The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting."
Amanda Cross
(Bonus two points if you spot the irony)
Hahaha. That's right. Thoreau, Emerson & Grant.
Hey Jamie! This has nothing to do with your post, I was just wondering how your back was doing. See ya later!
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