The Root and Fruit of Trust

Some have a gift for serving and edifying those around them. From their gift flows grace and virtue, with humility. Others, however, have a talent merely for survival - to preserve themselves at all cost. They can't be trusted at any price!
~ Glenn Arnold

Thoughts on trust . . .

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
~ George MacDonald

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.
~ David Duchovny

The glue that holds all relationships together - including the relationship between the leader and the led - is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
~ Brian Tracy

Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
~ Lord Chesterfield

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
~ Herodotus

I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche*

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche*

* No, Mr. Nietzsche, God is not dead. These quotations, however, are two that I’m willing to consider. (see disclaimer)It is written . . .


As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
~ 2 Samuel 22:30-32

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding…
~ Proverbs 3:5,6

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool…
~ Proverbs 28:25

Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust…
~Psalm 40:4

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD that I may declare all Your works.
~ Psalm 73:27-28

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
~ Psalm 118:8

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain.
~ Proverbs 31:10,11

"Trust in me . . . "





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