The Power of Trust/Quotes

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

—George MacDonald

"It's hard to trust a man who has just asked to borrow your lockpick."

—Rifleman Cooper, Sharpe's Rifles.

"Trust your partner. And I do. I can't forgive you, but I trust you."

—Neku Sakuraba, The World Ends With You

"So once again, as it had so many times before, it was all going to come down to a matter of trust. Trust in a farm kid, fresh off a backward desert world, to lead him in an attack on the first Death Star. Trust in a former high-stakes gambler, who might or might not have had any real combat experience, to lead him in an attack on the second Death Star. And now, trust in a smuggler who might just as easily betray him for the right price."

—Wedge Antilles, The Last Command

Aladdin: Do you trust me?
Jasmine: W-what?!
Aladdin: Do you trust me?
Jasmine: ...Yes!

Aladdin: Then jump!

—Aladdin

Commodore Koudelka: You? I know you! You trust beyond reason!

Cordelia: Yes. It's how I get results beyond hope.

—A Civil Campaign

"You've taken a myself about to vanish
Out of a corner of the maze I was locked up in
Your kindness gives me the presentiment I can be reborn.

Now, I want to believe at least in you."

—Kaori Yae, Tokimeki Memorial 2, in her Image Song "Ouju no Sasayaki"

"Cave Johnson, here! Fact: Every successful cooperative test requires trust. And, our research shows (one person is shown pushing another into the incinerator) humans...cannot be trusted. The solution? ROBOTS! (A robot is seen smacking itself in the face with a frying pan and falls over) Then...fire the guys who made those robots and make BETTER ones. Then, we put those robots through several vigorous challenges to build trust between one another. Inspiring stuff. And, finally, we put that trust to the test. (P-Body knocks Atlas into an inincerator) BAM! Robots gave us six extra seconds of trust. Good job, robots"

—Cave Johnson, Portal 2

Sharon (later Athena): How do you know? How do you really know that you can trust me?

Admiral Adama: I don't. That's what trust is. Good hunting Lieutenant.

—Battlestar Galactica

Rule 30: A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.

—The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries (formerly The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates), Schlock Mercenary