Quotes about Trust

whenever a reasonable explanation comes to sight as to why a thing appears to be but is not true, this makes for greater trust in the truth.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.

There's many a man who never tells his adventures, for he can't hope to be believed.

Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use. And a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.' (...) 'You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.

I should have more faith. I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

What have you to confess now? It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together.

So we stood hand-in-hand, like two children, and there was peace in our hearts for all the dark things that surrounded us.

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is true." Another translation says:"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what isn't so; the other is to refuse to believe what is so.

The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law.

It's no trifle at her time at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution.