Quote by Gustav Heinemann

Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

Trust cannot be commanded and yet it is also correct that th

Summary

This quote emphasizes that trust cannot be forced or demanded from others; it has to be earned. However, it also highlights that the best way to earn trust is by being willing to trust others. Trust is a reciprocal act, and by showing trust in others, one is more likely to receive trust in return. It implies that trust is built upon mutual respect and vulnerability, with both parties extending trust and proving themselves trustworthy over time.

Topics

Trust

By Gustav Heinemann

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end

If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.

Wisdom Life Inspirational Chinese Proverv

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and ho

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

Men

It is only too clear that man is not at home in this univers

It is only too clear that man is not at home in this universe, and yet he is not good enough to deserve a better.

Universe

She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each o

She thought of Henry and Diana on the stoop gazing at each other with the confusion and sadness of two puppies who have just stumbled into their first puddle and not yet come to understand what has happened to them and found that she wanted to lie extravagantly.

Love Sadness Confusion Love Lost

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me

Parenting

With the new year comes a refueled motivation to improve on

With the new year comes a refueled motivation to improve on the past one.

Gretchen Bleiler

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I wil

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!

Freedom

It's funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me

It's funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film 'Death Sentence,' and I got back with him again in 'Inside Llewyn Davis.'

Garrett Hedlund

Death

Be certain, Catelyn told her son, or go home and take up tha

Be certain, Catelyn told her son, or go home and take up that wooden sword again. You cannot afford to seem indecisive in front of men like Roose Bolton and Rickard Karstark. Make no mistake, Robb-these are your bannermen, not your friends. You named yourself battle commander. Command.

George R.R. Martin

Leadership Management Inspirational Catelyn Catelynstark Gameofthrones

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, b

The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.

Samuel M. Shoemaker

Joy Excitement

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Misfortune

Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as

Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.

Home