Trust is a fragile thing. Once it’s broken, it can be hard to repair. These 150 broken trust quotes explore the topic of trust in relationships, both personal and professional. They offer insight and wisdom into the consequences of breaking trust and the importance of rebuilding it. If you’ve ever been hurt by someone you trusted, these quotes will speak to your heart.
Broken Trust Quotes
- “Trust but verify.” – Rumi
- “Broken trust can heal.” – Mira Kirshenbaum
- “Love all, trust a few.” – William Shakespeare
- “The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
- “To conquer the unknown you must trust.” – Yogi Bhajan
- “I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.” – Maya Angelou
- “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” – Arthur Miller
- “I love you” is far different from “I trust you” – Shelaxai
- “Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.” – Toba Beta
- “The total act of betrayal is broken trust.” – Notes from Nora
- “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.” – Lao Tzu
- “One who is fed on promises eats from an empty bowl.” – Marsha Hinds
- “Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.” – John Churton Collins
- “Don’t trust the person who has broken faith once.” – William Shakespeare
- “A broken glass can’t be repaired neither a broken trust.” – Paola Rivera
- “Worst betrayal always comes from the people we trust a lot.” – Garima Soni
- “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” – William Blake
- “Let’s call cheating what it is: a complete betrayal of trust.” – Greg Behrendt
- “Pride has kept her running when love had betrayed her.” – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- “Never trust someone who lies to you. Never lie to someone who trusts you.” – Mandy
- “Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.” – Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- “It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.” – Confucius
- “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek
- “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” – Warren Buffett
- “Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” – Aesop
- “A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.” – Harold Macmillan
- “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” – Suzanne Collins
- “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” – Aesop
- “When trust falls out of the socket, the corsage of bonding gets unpinned.” – Spriha Kant
- “Trust is like an antique, once it’s broken, it can never be replaced.” – Mouloud Benzadi
- “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.” – Don Peppers
- “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou
- “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trusting first.” – Suzanne Collins
- “The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.” – Thomas Huxley
- “Trust can be broken in just a few seconds, but it takes years to heal.” – Rei Anthony Albon
- “The worst part about being lied to is knowing that you weren’t worth the truth.” – Mishaela
- “You keep believing you are loved and valued until they leave you naked.” – Daniel Oluwaseun
- “Betraying someone once can be a mistake. Betraying someone twice is a choice.” – Garima Soni
- “When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.” – Cassandra Clare
- “After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can’t trust a person.” – Evelyn Waugh
- “When no one you known tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.” – Cassandra Clare
- “If a person already broke your trust once, he will never hesitate to do it again.” – Anonymous
- “The healing of broken trust is a natural process. Trust itself is natural.” – Mira Kirshenbaum
- “It’s sad to know I’m done. But looking back, I’ve got a lot of great memories.” – Bonnie Blair
- “It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.” – Sara Teasdale
- “There’s a time when it’s too late to do what you should have been doing all along.” – Carolyn Brown
- “If someone breaks your trust, it just shows that they have been pretenders all along.” – Samuel Zulu
- “Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.” – Harlan Coben
- “Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.” – George R.R. Martin
- “Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.” – Julianne Moore
- “Trust is a funny thing; it takes such a long time to build, yet it’s broken in a second.” – Sandie Jones
- “Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least.” – Wes Fesler
- “It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.” – Nicole Richie
- “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it….” – Nicole Richie
- “To forgive someone who hurt you is easy but to trust them again is next to impossible.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
- “It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.”- Jodi Picoult
- “If you don’t have trust inside your company, then you can’t transfer it to your customers.” – Roger Staubach
- “As technology enables trust in new forms, we’re seeing a decline of trust in institutions.” – Rachel Botsman
- “It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault. If they betray you twice, it’s your fault.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “When you care about someone, you can’t just turn that off because you learn they betrayed you.” – Paula Stokes
- “You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough.” – Frank Crane
- “If you build the faith to trust a friend as God, then your heart can never be broken.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
- “Don’t ever break someone’s trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.” – Robert Budi Hartono
- “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” – Albert Einstein
- “Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” – Shelley Long
- “Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.” – J.E.B. Spredemann
- “I would rather my enemy’s sword pierce my heart then my friend’s dagger stab me in the back.” – Michele Bardsley
- “Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.” – Lauren Conrad
- “If offering apologies and making promises fixed broken trust, there’d be no broken trust left to fix.” – Tim Cole
- “When you care about someone, you can’t just turn that off because you learn that they betrayed you.” – Paula Stokes
- “It’s hard to trust someone who has broken your trust in the past, but you must be willing to give them a second chance if they truly want to earn it back.” – Unknown
- “Trust is like a vase; once it’s broken it can never be the same again. So handle it carefully and don’t take it for granted.” – Unknown
- “When trust is broken, you have to rebuild it. That doesn’t mean the past can be erased, but it does mean that you have to find a new way forward together.” – Unknown
- “It takes a long time to rebuild trust when it’s been broken. It doesn’t happen overnight, so don’t expect it to.” – Unknown
- “Sometimes trust is broken in order for us to learn the true value of what we had.” – Unknown
- “When you have been betrayed, it can be hard to trust again. But if you can find it in your heart to forgive and move on, you will have the strength to build a more trusting relationship.” – Unknown
- “Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater
- “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” – Ella Harper
- “Even a seemingly good relationship can be destroyed with simple trust issues if not sorted out early.” – Samuel Zulu
- “I would rather have my enemy’s sword pierce my heart than my friend’s dagger stabs me in the back.” – Michele Bardsley
- “Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the letter a mark of prudence.” – Democritus
- “If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.” – Toba Beta
- “I may have trust issues, but some people seem to have an issue with the responsibility of being trusted.” – Melchor Lim
- “If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you.” – Khaled Saad
- “For only when faithfulness turns to betrayal And betrayal into trust Can any human being become part of the truth.” – Rumi
- “It was a mistake, you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.” – David Levithan
- “If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you.” – -Khaled Saad
- “It’s the same old story you’ve heard a thousand times. Somebody’s trust gets broken. Somebody’s left behind.” – Travis Tritt
- “It was a mistake,” you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.” – David Levithan
- “Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” – Patti Roberts
- “Trust is a double-edged sword. It could give you hope, but it could cut you in an instant when it was broken.” – Tiffany King
- “Trust was a double-edged sword. It could give you hope, but it could cut you in an instant when it was broken.” – Tiffany King
- “Betrayal is the worst… and the key to moving past it is to identify what led up to it in the first place.” – Charles J. Orlando
- “Betrayal is very sour. Moreso when the one you’ve been trusting turns out to be the one you should be fearing.” – Mitta Xinindlu
- “There’s ways you can trust an enemy you can’t always trust a friend. An enemy’s never going to betray your trust.” – Daniel Abraham
- “I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.” – Blaise Pascal
- “Beware the person who stabs you and then tells the world that they’re the world, that they’re the one who’s bleeding.” – Jill Blakeway
- “Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
- “Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother f*cker’s reflection.” – Lady Gaga
- “When trust is broken, there is not any medicine to recover that again, as it was before, even you try hard to gain back” – Ehsan Sehgal
- “To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” – Malcolm X
- “Broken trust is hard to heal because we’re not even trying to heal it. We’re just trying to make ourselves feel safe.” – Mira Kirshenbaum
- “When trust is broken, there is not any medicine to recover that again, as it was before, even you try hard to gain back.” – Ehsan Sehgal
- “The trust has broken down. It will take some time to change attitudes and attitudes are going to be needed to develop trust.” – Jim Leach
- “Broken trust is hard to heal because we’re not even trying to heal it. We’re just trying to make ourselves feel safe.” – Mira Kirshenbaum
- “Some of our bad friends smile and laugh with us. Then, they go behind our back and laugh at us… with their ‘good’ friends.” – Mitta Xindlu
- “If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.” – Selena Gomez
- “Trust is the foundation of any relationship, and when it’s broken, it can be hard to fix. Broken trust quotes help us understand that trust needs to be built slowly over time, not just given away freely.” – Unknown
- “No matter how hard you try, it’s not always possible to fix a broken trust. You can forgive and move on, but the damage is done.” – Unknown
- “Trust cannot be rebuilt overnight. It takes time, patience, commitment and dedication to heal a broken trust.” – Unknown
- “It is better to trust no one, than to risk trusting someone who will betray you.” – Unknown
- “Trust is such an important part of any relationship. When it breaks, it can leave you feeling hurt and betrayed.” – Unknown
- “When trust has been broken, it can be difficult to rebuild. But with time, effort, and understanding, it can be possible.” – Unknown
- “Trust is something that must be earned, and if it is broken, it can take a long time to get back. But if you are willing to forgive, give a second chance and rebuild trust again, the rewards will be worth it.” – Unknown
- “Broken trust is like melted chocolate. No matter how hard you try to freeze it. you can never return it to the original shape.” – Anonymous
- “One of these reasons is that the person who’s broken your trust is very possibly not as bad as he seems to be right now.” – Mira Kirshenbaum
- “Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.” – Lao Tzu
- “When someone stabs you in the back and then apologizes, accept the apology, but don’t give him the knife back to do it again.” – Bohdi Sanders
- “The problem with trust is that if it is broken, then all acts committed by the perpetrator come under the purview of suspicion.” – Ravi Subramanian
- “You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart so that I will not hate you.” – Catherynne M. Valente
- “People that have trust issues only need to look in the mirror. There they will meet the one person that will betray them the most.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Never force yourself to trust someone again, as you won’t be able to trust your decisions in the future if the person betrays you again.” – Garima Soni
- “Broken trust forces us, first, to acknowledge a painful reality we may have chosen to ignore, then, to make some difficult decisions.” – Dr. Jane Greer
- “You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.” – Catherynne M. Valente
- “When someone breaks your trust, don’t feel stupid for trusting them. You didn’t do anything wrong. They’re just an untrustworthy person.” – Sonya Parker
- “If you have been brutally broken, but still have the courage to be gentle to others, then you deserve a love deeper than the ocean itself.” – Nikita Gill
- “All of us must act selfishly to Iearn charity, must lie to learn honor, must betray and be betrayed to learn to value trust and commitment.” – Bill Vaughan
- “Without trust, we don’t truly collaborate; we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. It is trust that transforms a group of people into a team.” – Stephen Covey
- “That’s the thing about trust. It’s like broken glass. You can put it back together, but the cracks are always visible- like scars that never fully heal.” – Hope Collier
- “There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.” – Elijah Muhammad
- “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen R. Covey
- “Trust is that tiny thread that holds your brand together; when trust is torn or tampered with, you will have a broken brand; your business will fall.” – Bernard Kelvin Clive
- “I had trusted him. I had even trusted him after he betrayed me. I was too open for my own good. I still gave that man my heart even after he destroyed it.” – Jacquelin Simon Gunn
- “You need a lot of things in any organization, but one of the critical things is trust. When you lose trust and you feel betrayed, and it’s not a matter of judgment.” – Arthur Blank
- “You don’t repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently.” – Patricia Hewitt
- “It breaks my heart to know I will never be able to trust you again. I’ve learned so many lies and each time it takes a piece of me that you will never get back again.” – Karen Kostyla
- “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “When someone has broken the trust you bestowed in them, they’re likely to do it again. Be wary before speaking in front of them on any matter you do not want to be repeated.” – RJ Intindola
- “The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.” – Henry L. Stimson
- “When your trust in someone is broken, you will inevitably experience shock, denial, anger, and sadness, feelings that are, in many ways, akin to the mourning process following a death.” – Dr. Jane Greer
- “Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime.It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon
- “I believe if you want to be trusted, you have to trust first. If you do that, you will be betrayed sometimes. But the value of engendering trust is greater than the cost of being betrayed sometimes.” – Mark Leslie
- “I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken, and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken pieces as long as I lived.” – Margaret Mitchell
- “Trust is like glass, once broken it can never be the same again.” – Unknown
- “Trust has to be earned. You have to prove that you are trustworthy before someone will trust you again.” – Unknown
- “Forgiveness is an essential part of rebuilding trust. If you can forgive someone for breaking your trust, you have taken a big step towards healing the hurt.” – Unknown
Wrapping Up
Trust is an essential building block of any relationship, whether it’s a personal or professional one. When trust has been broken, it can be difficult to rebuild and the process can take time. However, with patience and understanding, relationships can be mended and trust restored. We hope that these 150 broken trust quotes have helped you understand why trust is so important in all relationships, and how to work towards rebuilding it after a breach of confidence.
Trust not only strengthens relationships, but also builds peace and harmony in society as a whole. Make sure that you are always honest with others, and never take advantage of their trust. When trust has been broken, be patient and understanding before attempting to repair the damage done.
Take these broken trust quotes to heart, and make sure that you always strive for trust in all your relationships!
Good luck!
