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Trust Quotes
Trust Quotes
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2. "We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have
real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but
it involves courage and risk.
4. "Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused
it can be deadly.
6. "Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in
doubt.
7. "It takes two to do the trust tango--the one who risks (the trustor) and the one
who is trustworthy (the trustee); each must play their role.
8. "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I.' And
that's not because they have trained themselves not to say 'I.' They don't think
'I.' They think 'we'; they think 'team.' They understand their job to be to make
the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but 'we' gets
the credit.... This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
9. "Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.
10. "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
11. "If you don't have trust inside your company, then you can't transfer it to
your customers.
12. "The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.
13. "Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
15."Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people
transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities of which they were
previously unaware.
16."People follow leaders by choice. Without trust, at best you get compliance.
17. "When people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to
synergy, interdependence, and deep respect. Both parties make decisions and choices
based on what is right, what is best, what is valued most highly.
19. "He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
21. "You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.
22. "Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.
23. "Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and
to let him know that you trust him.
24. "It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human
associations together.
25. "When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.
30. "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with
important matters."
1. �Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.
2. �For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the
truth.
3. �A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.
5. �Trust is the glue of life. It�s the most essential ingredient in effective
communication. It�s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
6. �By the standards of the rest of the world, we overtrust. So far it has worked
very well for us.
7. �Trust starts with trustworthy leadership. It must be built into the corporate
culture.
8. �The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key
professional and personal competency of our time.
9. �Your words and deeds must match if you expect employees to trust in your
leadership.
14. �Don�t be afraid to show your vulnerability. Be transparent with your team,
even when the truth may be unpopular or inconvenient.
18. �When you�re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a
common purpose, anything is possible.
20. �It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others
to succeed.
21. �Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success
will be how you treat other people.
22. �Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
23. �It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
24. �Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet � thinking,
saying, feeling, and doing the same thing � consistently.
25. �He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.
26. �One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another
has to say.
28. �Be sure you put your feet in the right place. Then stand firm.
29. �Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody�s going to know
whether you did it or not.