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• The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

  Herodotus

  Eye, Ears, Witness

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• no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out.

  Ethel Smyth

  Repentance, Found, Has Beens

  Ethel Smyth (1940). “What happened next”, Longmans, Green

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• Lots of people commit crimes and don't get arrested. That's not the measure. But if you're going to be the president of the United States, we're reasonably going to put you under a microscope. And Donald Trump's tax behavior is absolutely important to understanding, is he qualified, is he morally fit, is he capable, is he trustworthy to have everything from the powers of federal law enforcement to the nuclear codes?

  Hillary Clinton

  People, Understanding, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.

  Desmond Tutu

  Interest, Humans, Human Beings

  Source: www.egonzehnder.com

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• Being trustworthy is something you are, something you stand for and a core value you live by. It isn't something you can train for nor is it something you can manipulate. You either have those values or you don't.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Trust, Manipulate, Live By

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• Language is never fully trustworthy, but when it comes to eating animals, words are as often used to misdirect and camouflage as they are to communicate. Some words, like veal, help us forget what we are actually talking about. Some, like free-range, can mislead those whose consciences seek clarification. Some, like happy, mean the opposite of what they would seem. And some, like natural, mean next to nothing.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Mean, Animal, Talking

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, November 2, 2009.

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• The best way to learn how to become trustworthy is to study other trustworthy people.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  People, Way, Study

  Twitter post from Feb 02, 2016

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• Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

  Dana Perino

  Presidential, Needs, Election

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Nor can you trust in God because everything that you attempt to trust is coming from someone who is not trustworthy to begin with. So everything that you think, feel or act upon is based upon coming from someone who is untrustworthy. Therefore, you'll always be lost.

  Wayne Dyer

  Thinking, Untrustworthy, Trust In God

  "Become A Mighty Manifester An Interview with Wayne Dyer". Interview with Randy Peyser, www.randypeyser.com.

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• Infallible denotes the quality of never deceiving or misleading and so means wholly trustworthy and reliable; inerrant means wholly true. Scripture is termed infallible and inerrant to express the conviction that all its teaching is the utterance of God who cannot lie, whose word, once spoken, abides for ever, and that therefore it may be trusted implicitly.

  J. I. Packer

  Lying, Teaching, Mean

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• Better not think too much. Relying more on the body: it is more trustworthy.

  Woody Allen

  Thinking, Body, Too Much

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• The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

  John Podhoretz

  Country, War, Two

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• Wendy warmed my heart, earned my trust, touched my soul, and then touched me in a lot of other places. And right after we'd slept together for the very first time she looked up at me with her chocolate-brown, trustworthy doe eyes and said, "I've got herpes. I thought you should know.

  Caprice Crane

  Heart, Eye, Soul

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• With the myriad of new Bible translations on the market today, few stand out. The ESV is one of the few, and surpasses the others in its simple yet elegant style. In many respects the ESV has accomplished in the 21st century what the KJV accomplished in the 17th: a trustworthy, literary Bible that is suitable for daily reading, memorizing, and preaching.

  Daniel B. Wallace

  Reading, Simple, Style

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• Tod's eyes widened, and his irises swirled in tight twists of blue. "Well, I don't see that I have much of a choice, considering that's part of Reaper Law." "There's a Reaper Law?" "Of course. 'A reaper is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous...'" He shrugged. "It gets boring after that. But this situation is clearly covered under the 'helpful' category." I rolled my eyes. "I think that's the Boy Scout law." "They took it from us. But they left out all the good stuff.

  Rachel Vincent

  Eye, Thinking, Boys

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, June 26, 2012.

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• Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative.

  Matt Ridley

  Selfish, Mind, Evolution

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• Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

  Stephen King

  House, Plot, Stories

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

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• Even when you have failed, Jesus is right there with you, ready to pick you up and restore you to wholeness. Jesus is a faithful, dependable and trustworthy friend.

  Joseph Prince

  Jesus, Faithful, Christ

  FaceBook post by Joseph Prince from Sep 19, 2011

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• [Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation accumulated, phantoms of the imagination were exorcised, idols of the cave were shattered, trustworthy materials were obtained for logical treatment, and hypotheses by long and careful trial were converted into theories.

  Thomas George Bonney

  Science, Idols, Long

  Thomas George Bonney (1913). “The Present Relations of Science and Religion”

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• A hundred thousand million Stars make one Galaxy; A hundred thousand million Galaxies make one Universe. The figures may not be very trustworthy, but I think they give a correct impression.

  Arthur Eddington

  Stars, Science, Thinking

  Arthur Eddington (1933). “The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900-1931”, p.4, Cambridge University Press

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• Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it is punishable by death under the Law." Tessa thrust the book away from her as if it were on fire. "You can't be serious." "You're right. I'm not." Will leapt down from the ladder and landed lightly in front of her. "You do believe everything I say, though, don't you? Do I seem unusually trustworthy to you, or are you just a naive sort?

  Cassandra Clare

  Believe, Book, Years

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• A trustworthy marriage has weathered temptation and anger and jealousy, resentment, self-righteousness and a little bit of selfishness. When you get over and get through that, then maybe you can see the light to love.

  Ruby Dee

  Light, Self, Temptation

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• I admire those who trust and are trustworthy.

  Rachel Scott

  Trust, Father Son, Admire

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is trustworthy in word his fellow men will entrust him with responsibility. If he is quick he will achieve results.

  Confucius

  Trust, Leadership, Respect

  "The Analects".

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• Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.

  Lynn Austin

  Hands, Littles, Today

  Lynn Austin (2002). “Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)”, p.179, Bethany House

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