#trust

The 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. Truman

#always #animal #any #anything #cannot

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? ↗

— John Trumbull

#breed #done #get #lest #lose

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. ↗

— Peter Ueberroth

#baseball #certain #commissioners #goes #over

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#pilot #trust #you

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. ↗

— Rebecca West

#believe #each #even #everyone #less

In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#angry #capacity #daily #daily life #deceitful

Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me, Elizabeth. If the girl's a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she's fraud, and the town gone so silly. She told it to me in a room alone- I have no proof for it. Elizabeth: You were alone with her? Proctor: (stubbornly) For a moment alone, aye. Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me. Proctor: (his anger rising) For a moment, I say. The others come in soon after. Elizabeth: (as if she has lost all faith in him) Do as you wish then. (she turns) Proctor: Woman. (she turns to him) I'll not have your suspicion any more. Elizabeth: (a little loftily) I have no- Proctor: I'll not have it! Elizabeth: Then let you not earn it. Proctor: Now look you- Elizabeth: I see what I see, John. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#suspicion #trust #anger

I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink. ↗

— William Halsey

#drink #fighting #i #man #never

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#careless #important #important matters #matters #small

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog? ↗

— James Hogg

#better #dog #good #his #may