Naive Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old naive quotes, naive sayings, and naive proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. Charles Lamb
The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible. Alexander Chase
Makeup I’d spent hours putting on, smeared like a painting. / I never saw beyond it. It was a reality I accepted. I guess that’s the definition of naïve. Rubi Sotelo
See-through the eyes of the innocent. / Feel the joys of the naïve. / Sense their untainted good nature, / Taste their fiery passion for life. / Learn from their acceptance, / And take from their love. Dancer27
Naive be the children / For the child knows no woes / For the stories all end / with triumphant heroes. John D
If you believe, / Then you'll achieve, / Don't be naïve, / Then you'll not grief. Karen Yap
Your sweet and ravishing words / teased my naive mind / as did your tender touch, / the warm embrace in which I was held. Lauren Goldsmith
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have tough skin. Tia Carrere
Sounds naive respecting someone who doesn't give a shit about you. Toba Beta
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. Cris Jammi
Keep your innocence and ignorance aside, and expose yourself to dangerous situations, and understand the deeper secrets of life. Michael Bassey
The naive lose it in dark woods but seek it under the street lamps. Toba Beta
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz
You're only naive once. Use it well. Joyce Rachelle
It is naive to think that success will drop into our lives like manna from heaven. Sunday Adelaja
Our naivety has left us convinced that the people with whom we sometimes talk about other people behind their backs will never talk about us behind our backs. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Maturity is exhausting. I was better off being naive. Nitya Prakash
The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive. Joichi Ito
The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive. Scott Belsky