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80 Trust in Relationships Quotes

As you will see in these 80 quotes about trust in relationships, a long lasting love needs to have a foundation of trust otherwise it ill truggle to survive. Many do say that if you are having doubts in your relationship, that is a red flag in itself. But as some of these other trust quotations and sayings highlight, trusting someone can just take time and courage.

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1. “Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.” –William P. Young

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2. “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” – Edith Hamilton

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3. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou

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4. “Whether it’s friendship or relationship, all bonds are built on trust. Without it, you have nothing.” 

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5. “Relationships should be built on trust and truth.” – Sophie Kinsella

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6. “Communication and Trust equals a relationship that will last a lifetime.” – Unknown

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7. “The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together…is trust.” – Unknown

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8. “After all … what does being in love mean if you can’t trust a person.” – Evelyn Waugh

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9. “Love and trust are so powerful. They can literally change the fate of a person.” – Tasha Hoggatt

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10. “Without trust, it’s only a matter of time before relationships crumble.” – Unknown

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11. “Love is supposed to be based on trust, and trust on love, it’s something rare and beautiful when people can confide in each other without fearing what the other person will think.” — E.A. Bucchianeri

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12. “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” – Dhar Mann

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13. “Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.” – William P. Young

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14. “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” — Isaac Watts

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15. “When you can’t believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything possible.”

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16. “Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.” – Julianna Moore

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17. “In a relationship, trust is more important than love. It will enhance your love.” – Unknown

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

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19. “No trust, no us.” – Unknown

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20. “Without respect, love is lost. Without caring, love is boring. Without honesty, love is unhappy. Without trust, love is unstable.” – Unknown

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21. “Without trust you can never have a happy relationship.” – Unknown

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22. “All intimate relationships are built on a foundation of honesty, trust and attraction.” – Unknown

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23. “When mistrust comes in, love goes out.” – Irish proverb

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24. “Trust and faith bring joy to life and help relationships grow to their maximum potential.” – Joyce Meyer

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25. “I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted.” – Simon Van Booy

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26. “It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.” –H. L. Mencken

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27. “If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.” – Alison Croggon

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28. “I trust you with my life. I’m pretty sure I love you. But more importantly, I like you.” – Lynsay Sands

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29. “No important relationship survives if trust is totally lost.” – Paul Ekman

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30. “A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want, but it won’t go anywhere.” – Unknown

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

32. “We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone — but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.”  Frank Crane

33. “Indifference is expensive. Hostility is unaffordable. Trust is priceless. It’s all about relationships.” –Ted Rubin

34. “Trust is like a paper, once it’s crumpled it can’t be perfect again.” – Unknown

35. “Distance doesn’t ruin a relationship. Doubts do.” – Unknown

36. “If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.” – Megan Whalen Turner

37. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Buddha 

38. “Sometimes, the most dangerous people were the ones you trusted most.” – Jennifer Lynn Barnes

39. “When you can’t believe your eyes, you can always trust your heart. Love makes anything possible.” – Unknown

40. “Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.” — Roy T. Bennett

41. “The easiest way to gain someone’s trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you’re just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.” – Ashley Lorenzana

42. “The best proof of love is TRUST.” – Unknown

43. “It was a mistake,” you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. – David Levithan

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

45. “Trust is like an eraser, it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.” – Unknown

46. “I got trust issues because people got lying issues.” – Unknown

47. “When you fully trust someone without any doubt, you finally get one of two results: A person for life or A lesson for life.” – Unknown

48. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemmingway

49. “If you’re having doubts about whether you can actually trust a person. Chances are you can’t.” – Unknown

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

51. “Never trust someone who lies to you. Never lie to someone who trusts you.” – Unknown

52. “Fool me once, Shame on you, Fool me twice, Shame on me.” – Unknown

53. “Broken trust is like melted chocolate. No matter how hard you try to freeze it, you can never return it to its original shape.” – Unknown

54. “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek

55. “Don’t let insecure thoughts ruin something amazing.” – Unknown

56. “I believe that 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, and sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe

57. “Every time I trust someone new, they end up reminding me why I shouldn’t trust anyone at all.” – Unknown

58. “Once you have really hurt someone, it will always be in the back of their mind even if they still have a smile one their face.” – Unknown

59. “Remember this: Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets.” – Unknown

60. “Be all in or get all out. There is no halfway.” – Unknown

61. “You can’t trust a promise someone makes while they’re drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office.” – Joe Moore

62. “Forgiving someone is easy, but being able to trust them again is a totally different story.” – Unknown

63. “Trusting you is my decision. Proving me right is your choice.” – Unknown

64. “Don’t trust too much, don’t love too much and don’t hope too much. Because that too much can hurt you so much.” – Unknown

65. “Love is weakest when there is more doubt than trust but love is strongest when we learn to trust in spite the doubts.” – Unknown

66. “Three things you should never break: promises, trust, and someone’s heart.” – Unknown

67. “For me, love is magic; it’s about trust and understanding. It’s putting the other person before you effortlessly.” – A. R. Hydari

68. “People become trustworthy when the record shows that they are consistent in acting justly, being truthful, and showing loyal love.” – David Richo

69. “Approach your partner with love and kindness to reestablish the trust that you had originally.” – Jessica Riley

70. “Having trust makes love come alive. Trust isn’t just the basis for a relationship; it’s the lifeblood that keeps a relationship healthy.”- Mira Kirshenbaum

71. “Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.” – Jodi Picoult

72. “When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.” – Brene Brown

73. “In finding love, I think it’s important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it’s important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take.” – Kina Grannis

74. “Love is unknown. To open the heart in trust is unknown. They say love hurts. It doesn’t have to.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

75. “I think the thing about love is that even though the things around us change, we as human beings, a lot of the ways we interact, and the ways we love each other is timeless. It requires trust, honesty, commitment, romance, and physical chemistry.” – John Legend

76. “We do not need a minute-by-minute breakdown of where our beloved has been or what she or he has done because we trust them.” – Andrew G. Marshall

77. “In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.” – Brad Meltzer

78. “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

79. “Trust is involved in all the basic elements of a healthy relationship: namely, love (respect and consideration for another person), communication, commitment and honesty.” – Harold Duarte-Bernhardt

80. “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” – Suzanne Collins

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