Stephen Covey Quotes

We think that we all have to like each other before we trust each other and that necessarily is not the case.

The more you trust, the more you create trust..

What you want to do is put people in a position where they feel connected enough to you that they're willing to collaborate with you; they're willing to show you the things that they were scared to tell you about before.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.

Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.

Just as I need other human beings in order to learn from them, so I also need their trust. If we aren't aware of that, if we fail to take it to heart and instead betray other people's trust, things will go badly with us.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

I believe in order to make a friend, you have to be a friend.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

For me, it's common sense to treat other people like you would like to be treated. Empathy is a broad concept, but how do you get there? People get there differently. I get there by truly building a little trust and connection. You'll tell me something, I'll act on it, and then that builds on itself.

I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship.

Relationships are personal, even in business, so sharing some of yourself and taking an interest in others helps to build trust and break down walls.

You need time to build relationships with subjects to win their trust.

Mackenzie, you cannot produce trust, just as you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. Because you do not know that I love you, you cannot trust me.

The world's greatest need . . . is mutual confidence. No human being ever knows all the secrets of another's heart. Yet there is enough confidence between mother and child, husband and wife, buyer and seller . . . to make social life a practical possibility. Confidence may be risky, but it is nothing like so risky as mistrust.

Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?"

People become trustworthy when they are trusted.

I think the most important thing is to always be involved in every aspect of their life. To give them enough trust that they can share things with you. I don't want them to be terrified of me, you know? But I don't want them to think they can do whatever they want and get away with it, either, because they can't.

If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full.

There cannot be love without trust and there cannot be trust unless we take the responsibility to act in a way that people can trust us.

Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.