Broken Trust Sayings and Quotes

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

Trust can be broken in many different ways. Cindy Beall
What's burned is burned, but what's broken can heal. And broken trust in a relationship is not like a house on fire. Mira Kirshenbaum
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
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson
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
Rebuilding trust when it's been broken is not dependent only on the person who has broken it, or how many times they can prove they are honest. It depends on the person who has decided not to trust anymore. Though they may be totally justified in their decision not to trust, as long as they choose not to, the relationship has no hope of survival and should be ended. If or when they decide to trust again, there is hope reborn Doe Zantamata
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
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy Walter Anderson
Don't trust the person who has broken faith once. William Shakespeare
What do people gain from lying? Besides losing: your respect, your dignity, your reputation, and those who love you. I guess those few minutes of satisfaction, smiling behind your lies, are soon well worth a lifetime of a regretful guilty conscience. Amir Riveroll
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. David Levithan
For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. Suzanne Collins
To forgive someone who hurt you is easy but to trust them again is next to impossible. Anurag Prakash Ray
Sometimes trusting a friend is the hardest thing to do, even the closest friends can become enemies. James Merrow
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
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. Thomas J. Watson
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
Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust. Shelley Long
When trust is broken, it does not need to be the end of a relationship. Much can be learned from staying in a relationship and learning from the conflict situation. Dr. Margaret Paul
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
Broken people lead to broken hearts. That's why it's so important to heal from one relationship before starting another. Mandy Hale
Trust, once you get it. It's priceless. But once you lose it, you are useless. unknown
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. Stephen R. Covey
Love all, trust few. William Shakespeare
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. Johann Kaspar Lavater
Trust is like a vase. Once it is broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be the same again. unknown
I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself. Marilyn Monroe
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. Frank Crane
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. Democritus
Trust is like a paper. Once it's crumpled, it can't be perfect again. unknown
If offering apologies and making promises fixed broken trust, there’d be no broken trust left to fix. Tim Cole
Breaking someone’s trust is like crumpling up a perfect piece of paper. You can smooth it over but it’s never going to be the same again. Anonymous
Don’t ever break someone’s trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you. Robert Budi Hartono
Broken trust and anger will close a heart until honesty and love is once again found. Anonymous
It's easy to forgive the mistakes from others. But it's hard to rebuild that trust that has been destroyed. Anonymous
Stop caring about the people who broke your trust , and start caring only about the people who still have faith in you. Anonymous
Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust. Dillon Burroughs
t's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind. Travis Tritt
Trust is like a vase.. once it's broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again. Walter Inglis Anderson
Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken Harlan Coben
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
The total act of betrayal is broken trust. Notes from Nora
Broken trust can heal. Mira Kirshenbaum
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
The healing of broken trust is a natural process. Trust itself is natural. Mira Kirshenbaum
Now you can see why it's been so hard for you and me and everybody else to heal broken trust. It's not that broken trust is hard to heal itself. It's that the things we do not make ourselves feel safe when we're living with mistrust prevent the broken trust from healing. Mira Kirshenbaum
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 your trust is 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