Earl Hamner Jr. Quotes

There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Did you really think I would sell you out?

You can't start anything and not trust nobody. You trust everybody until they do something wrong.

The betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe. If this were not so there would be no moral standards in the world at all.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

Men will not receive the truth from their enemies, and it is seldom offered to them by their friends.

You’ve always got me” “Always?” “Didn’t I just say so?” “Yes” “Am I liar? “ “No.” I lied.

And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?

Don't ever break someone's trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Trust is a big word for me. Loyalty and trust, for me, are everything. It's the core of what I'm about and what the people around me hopefully are about. It's a certain thing that gives you a sense of security. It's the biggest factor in everything I do.

I'm trusting. I don't assume people lie to me.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Love is a credulous thing.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.

Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.

The devil's name is dullness.