To be honest, the fact that people trust you gives you a lot of power over people. Having another person’s trust is more powerful than all other management techniques put together. – Linus Torvalds
I guess because it feels more open, but I think being married is way sexier, because it’s really like your soul partner in a permanent fashion, and then you strive for it to be something permanent, and that type of commitment and trust, if you can achieve it, is so good for the soul. – Leelee Sobieski
People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can’t. – Kevin McCloud
Just really, really believe in what you’re trying to do. Don’t let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line. – Luke Bryan
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. – Johann Kaspar Lavater
They say never trust a skinny chef, but the fact is, to stay healthy when you’re a chef means you have to work twice as hard. – Marcus Samuelsson
I’m in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film. – Lee Daniels
Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it. – Ken Cuccinelli
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
Bob summed it up best when he was on his knees at the end of the night saying, ‘Don’t trust in Guided By Voices.’ You were there; was the show awful or something? I know it was sloppy, but they’re not really that tight anyway, but was it embarrassing, was it sad? – Kim Deal
Central authority is bad. The bias should be for freedom. And without a central authority, there are lots of little authorities, and we learn which ones to trust. – John Stossel
My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward. – Kenny Loggins
As with any actor and any collaborator, it’s about forming a trusting relationship. And that’s not that you have to get him to trust you so you can get him to do what you want. Especially with a little kid, it’s about making them feel really safe, and getting to know and not treating them as a puppet to be moved around. – Lenny Abrahamson
With comedy, I think it’s so important, especially in TV, to know and trust what the writers are writing and just have it down. – Jay Harrington
Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you’ll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding. – Martha Beck
I do believe that it was through divine providence that the Founding Fathers drafted a document that created a government that didn’t trust each other – hence the separation of powers. And then, to close the deal, the Bill of Rights was added to continue to protect individual rights and freedoms. – John Shimkus
I love film because you have the last word. I never get that on stage because you’ve got to really believe; you’ve got to get the actors to trust you, and they have to believe in you, and then hopefully they will when you open the show. – Kenny Leon
I have long been a supporter of The Prince’s Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch ‘Amex Be Inspired’ and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved. – Kevin Spacey
We got to know a lot of investors and know what they like and don’t like. Through many co-investments opportunities, we have built trust among these investors. So when it came to investing in Xiaomi, things were a lot easier. – Lei Jun
I am the product of hustlers who taught me how to do it. They gave me a hustler’s ambition. Not a bad thing to get from your parents. But hustling only gets you so far. You have to trust yourself. And you have to be ready to fall on your face and be okay when it happens. – Jay Pharoah
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone’s ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private… When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together. – Jerry Reinsdorf
There is close to zero trust in institutions in Afghanistan. The mobile carriers have more trust than the banks. – Jan Chipchase
The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it’s taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more. – James Chanos
Just film what’s there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy. – Jean-Marc Vallee
If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end. – Jennifer Connelly
