The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it’s the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friend.
Have trust. Be a giver. Expect good. Be trustworthy.
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours.