Sharon Olds Quotes

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

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Trust implies that both parties participate in the relationship with both 'gives' and 'gets.'

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

When it comes to relationships, it's nice to have something that is your own and not everyone else's. That's not part of my job. I never stood up on a podium and said, 'Vote for me - I'm perfect. I'll be this for you and never do anything wrong.'

You took care of your horse, and your horse took care of you.

You cannot have a relationship with someone you can't trust.

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you.

Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. 'Use' is a dirty word only when there's an imbalance in the relationship.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back.

I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.

The good thing about me is, I only do deals with people that I love to begin with.

I've always thought with relationships, that it's more about what you bring to the table than what you're going to get from it. It's very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then it's not so good.

I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on their loyalty to you, and it just won't be there.

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

You will succeed only if you first build trust. It's like wolves. They show each other their necks and don't bite.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

How can we expect others to keep our secrets if we cannot keep them ourselves?

We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each other’s honesty.

If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.