Quotes About Trust

What are the best quotes about trust? In close personal relationships, trust is without a doubt, the most essential feature. Although trust is a critical factor in keeping any close relationship going how do you know when to trust your loved one? Here are some quotes about trust that have been culled from the minds of some of the world's most famous thinkers.

1. "Don't trust the person who has broken faith once". This quote about trust comes from one of the world's truly great writers and thinkers, William Shakespeare. Good advice in a relationship? Probably.
2. "The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy." Here is a quote from Thomas Watson that is along the same lines as the previous quote and just so true!
3. "Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." Albert Einstein, that most famous thinker, weighed in the subject of trust with this quote.
4. "Trust everybody, but cut the cards." Finley Dunne is responsible for this quote about trust, a reminder that it is wise to remain wary, even while trusting.
5. "Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry." None other than the famous historical figure Oiiver Cromwell is responsible for this famous quote about trust which goes along with the previous quote about keeping yourself wary and cautious.
6. "As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live". Von Geothe gives this good advice about the importance of trusting in oneself.
7. "Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason".  Ralph Waldo Emerson also counsels to believe and trust in your own feelings.
8. "Self-trust is the essence of heroism".  Emerson goes a step further and says it is actually heroic to trust in yourself as it is so difficult to do.
9. "It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears". Here's a wise old German proverb that is filled with good advice for the ages!
10. "Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful". This is sage advice from Nietzsche, advising the avoidance of relationships with mean-spirited individuals.