Quotes and Sayings about Mistrust

 

 

"Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Related: Man, Reputation)

"Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior."
- William Collins
(Related: Fault, Mistrust)

"If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate."
- Jasmine Guy
(Related: People, Mistrust, Racism)

"Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it."
- Victor Hugo
(Related: Evil, Mistrust)

"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."
- Joseph Joubert
(Related: Future, Mistrust, Past, Present, Respect, Safety)

"Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything."
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
(Related: Evil, Mistrust)

"Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance."
- Hugh Mackay
(Related: Life, People, Church, Climate, Guidance, Mistrust, Present)

"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted."
- James Madison
(Related: Men, Power, Truth)

"As much as everyone wants to downplay racism, it exists. There's a great mistrust among some African-Americans of white people."
- Steve Mitchell
(Related: People, African, Mistrust, Racism)

"I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me."
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
(Related: Mistrust)

"It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust."
- Barack Obama
(Related: Religion, Sacrifice, Day, Mistrust, Suspicion, Will)

"I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it."
- Lilli Palmer
(Related: Mistrust)

"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others."
- Sallust
(Related: Kings, Mistrust)

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."
- Albert Schweitzer
(Related: Causes, Kindness, Mistrust, Sun)

"Trust dies but mistrust blossoms."
- Sophocles
(Related: Trust, Mistrust)

"Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good."
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
(Related: First, Impulses, Mistrust)

"Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness."
- William Watson
(Related: Blindness, Children, Hate, Mistrust)

"I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned."
- Daniel Webster
(Related: Judgment, Man, Mistrust, Wishes)