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Daring To Trust Quotes

Quotes tagged as "daring-to-trust" Showing 1-14 of 14
David Richo
“The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do.”
David Richo, Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy

David Richo
“When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will meet in the future.”
David Richo

David Richo
“Our higher needs include making full use of our gifts, finding and fulfilling our calling, being loved and cherished just for ourselves, and being in relationships that honor all of these. Such needs are fulfilled in an atmosphere of the five A’s by which love is shown: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing.”
David Richo

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had with souls that made our souls wiser, that spoke what we thought, that told us what we knew, that gave us leave to be what we inly are.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

David Richo
“The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness and fulfillment are possible from others. We have lost our hope in our fellow humans.”
David Richo

David Richo
“Wise adults begin relationships not with the romance phase but with an investigation phase. We check out the other, looking to see if he or she is trustworthy, has the ability to give the five A’s, and possesses the qualities that are important to us. Only when we are secure in the knowledge that the other is trustworthy do we open ourselves to letting love happen.”
David Richo