64 Trust Quotes for Life and Relationships (LOVE)

14 Most Famous and Impactful Quotes About Trust (FAITH)

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt. - Eric Sevareid — Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt. – Eric Sevareid

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. - Arthur Ashe — Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of **time**. – Arthur Ashe

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. – **Johann Wolfgang von Goethe**

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. - Albert Einstein — Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. – **Albert Einstein**

Keep your promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust. - Roy T. Bennett — Keep your promises and be **consistent**. Be the kind of person others can trust. – **Roy T. Bennett**

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. - Abraham Lincoln — You can fool some of the people all of the **time**, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. – **Abraham Lincoln**

Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.

Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.

Trust is the highest form of human bond. It creates a foundation for love, respect, and genuine connections. - Jeremiah Say — Trust is the highest form of human bond. It creates a foundation for **love**, **respect**, and genuine connections. – **Jeremiah Say**

When you fully trust someone without any doubt, you finally get one of two results: a person for life or a lesson for life.

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding. - Brad Meltzer — In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding. – Brad Meltzer

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough. – Frank Crane

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. - Stephen R. Covey — Trust is the highest form of human **motivation**. It brings out the very best in people. – **Stephen R. Covey**

Don’t trust the person who has broken faith once. - William Shakespeare — Don’t trust the person who has broken **faith** once. – **William Shakespeare**

Top 25 Trust Quotes for Love & Relationships (ENDURE)

“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too – even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.”
Mitch Albom

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain. — You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, **truth** over convenience, or **honor** over personal gain. – **John C. Maxwell**

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. - Maya Angelou — Have enough **courage** to trust **love** one more time and always one more time. – **Maya Angelou**

Quote by 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 Covey — Quote by 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 Covey**

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you. - Friedrich Nietzsche — I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. - Ernest Hemingway — The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. – **Ernest Hemingway**

'It was a mistake,' you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. - David Levithan — ‘It was a mistake,’ you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. – David Levithan

After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can’t trust a person. – Evelyn Waugh — After all, damn it, what does being in **love** mean if you can’t trust a person. – Evelyn Waugh

I would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason. - Stanley Baldwin — I would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason. – Stanley Baldwin

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
Thomas Merton

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. - George MacDonald — To be trusted is a greater compliment than being **loved**. – George MacDonald

For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. - Suzanne Collins — For there to be **betrayal**, there would have to have been trust first. – Suzanne Collins

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. - Doris Lessing — Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. – Doris Lessing

We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. - David Levithan — We always see our worst selves. Our most **vulnerable** selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. – David Levithan

I do not trust words. I even question actions. But I never doubt patterns. — I do not trust words. I even question **actions**. But I never doubt patterns.

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. - Sherrilyn Kenyon — 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. – Sherrilyn Kenyon

If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you. - Khaled Saad — If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you. – Khaled Saad

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything. - Oscar Wilde — One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything. – **Oscar Wilde**

The worst part about being lied to is knowing that you weren’t worth the truth. – Mishaela — The worst part about being lied to is knowing that you weren’t worth the **truth**. – Mishaela

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody. – John Churton Collins

Stop asking me to trust you while I’m still coughing up water from the last time you let me drown.

Behind every untrusting girl is a boy who taught her to be that way.

The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together… is trust. — The fundamental glue that holds any **relationship** together… is trust.

Relationships are about trust. If you have to play detective, then it’s time to move on.

“Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive.”
Christopher Pike

25 Inspirational Quotes About Trust and Hope (LIFE)

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom — Never be afraid to trust an unknown **future** to a known God. – Corrie ten Boom

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. - William Shakespeare — **Love** all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – **William Shakespeare**

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. - J.M. Barrie — All the world is made of **faith**, and trust, and pixie dust. – J.M. Barrie

He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted. - Lao Tzu — He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted. – **Lao Tzu**

Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it's broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother f**ker's reflection. - Lady Gaga — Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother f**ker’s reflection. – **Lady Gaga**

I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. - Maya Angelou — I don’t trust people who don’t **love** themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. – **Maya Angelou**

“Friendship – my definition – is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
Stieg Larsson

None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith. - Paulo Coelho — None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have **Faith**. – **Paulo Coelho**

There are two reasons why we don’t trust people. First: we don’t know them. Second: we know them.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. - Anton Chekhov — You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. – **Anton Chekhov**

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust. - Abraham Lincoln — The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust. – **Abraham Lincoln**

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 — 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**

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward. - Alison Croggon — We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward. – Alison Croggon

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. - Confucius — It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. – **Confucius**

The mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered. - Osho — The mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered. – **Osho**

The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams. - Elizabeth Gilbert — The inability to open up to **hope** is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted **dreams**. – **Elizabeth Gilbert**

Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes. - Robin Sharma — Speak your **truth**, even if your voice shakes. – **Robin Sharma**

Tell a lie once, and all your truths become questionable. — Tell a lie once, and all your **truths** become questionable.

When you start to wonder whether you can trust someone or not, that is when you already know you don’t.

Trust starts with truth and ends with truth. — Trust starts with **truth** and ends with truth.

Trust only Movement. Life happens at the level of events, not words.

Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. - Gordon B. Hinckley — It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with **faith** and **confidence** in the **future**. The Lord will not forsake us. – Gordon B. Hinckley

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. - Kahlil Gibran — Trust in **dreams**, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. – **Kahlil Gibran**

Conclusion: The Importance of Trust

Dictionary.com describes Trust as the reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, etc., of a person or thing. (Source)

Trust is known as the foundation of relationships, any relationship, whether it be romantic or non-romantic. Without trust in the relationship, it is destined to fail.

Trust means one relies on another person to have their best interest at heart. When trust is established, one can then confide and feel safe around the other person.

When one has trust in a relationship they have reassurance and faith that the relationship will survive arguments. Trust helps a person overcome obstacles.

Trusting others makes an individual less lonely because he/she can let other people into their life. They no longer believe that it is them versus the world.

When a person has trust in other people it allows them to become a more authentic version of themselves, there is no more shame in being who they are.

Trust gives someone a more positive view of the world and they no longer second guess whether someone is out to hurt their feelings.

For some, they believe that trust is the deepest form of love, and there is no love without trust.

Further Reading:

Trust in Relationship: Why is it Important and How to build it? – Mom Junction
Trust Yourself. Why is it Hard? How You Can Do It Better – Psychology Today
3 Good Reasons to Trust People – Mind Movies
Trust is a Choice: 7 Ways to Build Trust with Others – The Ladders

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