Character Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu

We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey.

— George MacDonald

Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise. And just as no one can run five miles a…

— Sue Halpern

It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will…

— Benjamin Tucker

Trusting the world is a risk, while not trusting it is a guarantee you'll be left with nothing.

— Brin-Jonathan Butler

Make a virtue of necessity.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

To trust someone is to not trust them in the first place

— Marcus White

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

— Joseph Joubert

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

— Anonymous

Those who do not trust enough should not be trusted.

— Laozi

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

— William Shakespeare

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

— Jose Rizal

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe