Did These Quotes Help You Figure Out How to Build Trust Within Your Own Social Circles? Since the beginning of time, humans have lived in groups—in communities. Though some may live in more secluded areas, man is never really alone. This means we constantly interact with others, may it be with family, friends, or even strangers.
Sadly, the world we live in now is full of betrayal. To achieve success and power, people result in backstabbing others just to get ahead. If we normalize this kind of practice, what kind of a future will our children and we have? So, to remind you of how important trust is in life, check out this list of quotes. We’ve also included wise advice from famous and ordinary people on building trust. Make sure you don’t miss out!
Famous Trust Quotes
1. “Trust is like blood pressure. It’s silent, vital to good health, and if abused, it can be deadly.” – Frank Sonnenberg
2. Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities. – Robert C. Solomon
3. “To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.” – George MacDonald
4. Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry. Oliver Cromwell
5. “In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.” – Brad Meltzer
6. Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. Oprah Winfrey
7. “Trust what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.” – Natalie Goldberg
8. “Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. Go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness.” – Lesley Ann Warren
9. Only those you trust can betray you. Terry Goodkind
10. Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Joyce Brothers
11. Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt. Eric Sevareid
12. To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. E.M. Forster
13. “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
14. “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
15. “Trust. It is like placing a blade in someone’s hand and setting the very point to your heart.” – Cassandra Clare
16. A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Harold Macmillan
17. A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust. – Beau Mirchoff
18. Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. – Stephen Covey
19. Trust, but verify. Ronald Reagan
20. “Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities of which they were previously unaware.” – David Armistead
21. Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. – William P. Young
22. “I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted.” – Simon Van Booy
23. In God we trust, all others pay cash. – Jean Shepherd
24. “Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.” – Rick Warren
25. In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
26. “When you fully trust someone without any doubt, you finally get one of two results—a person for life or a lesson for life.” – Anonymous
27. Always tell the truth or the truth will tell on you. Frank Sonnenberg
28. The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust. Abraham Lincoln
29. “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts
30. Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work. Warren Bennis
31. It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. Confucius
32. “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” – Dhar Mann
33. Trust is only gained when one person risks and doesn’t get harmed. It grows as both people increasingly risk and don’t get harmed in the process. Glen Williams
34. “Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.” – Maria V. Snyder
35. 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
36. Trust everybody, but cut the cards. Finley Peter Dunne
37. Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder. Maria V. Snyder
38. “Trust is like a vase, once it’s broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be the same again.” – Walter Anderson
39. If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself – so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed. Alan Watts
40. They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded! George Muller
41. “Without trust, there can be no genuine peace—neither in politics nor the quiet individuality of the heart and spirit.” – Timothy Zahn
42. People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves. Tim Ferris
43. Don’t trust people who tell you other people’s secrets. – Dan Howell
44. “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Kahlil Gibran
45. You must train your intuition – you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide. Ingrid Bergman
46. A king who trusts no man is weak. Patricia Briggs
47. “He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.” – Lao Tzu
48. I would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason. Stanley Baldwin
49. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein
50. Men trust their ears less than their eyes. Herodotus
51. “Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that motherfucker’s reflection.” – Lady Gaga
52. “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek
53. Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. Doris Lessing
54. I read the New York Times but I don’t trust all of it. David Byrne
55. Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God. Lawrence Welk
56. “If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.” – Alison Croggon
57. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway
58. Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Sophocles
59. “Trust is very hard if you don’t know what you’re trusting.” – Marianne Williamson
60. For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. Suzanne Collins
Inspiring Trust Quotes That’ll Teach You About Life to Keep In Mind
62. “Trust is built with consistency.” – Lincoln Chafee
63. “After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can’t trust a person?” – Evelyn Waugh
64. “Trust is like an eraser; it gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.” – Anonymous
65. Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. Friedrich Nietzsche
66. “It’s a delight to trust somebody so completely.” – Jeff Goldblum
67. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” – J.M. Barrie
68. “Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.” – Sophocles
69. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.” – Maya Angelou
70. Trust starts with truth and ends with truth. – Santosh Kalwar
71. I trust no one, not even myself. Joseph Stalin
72. “Trust is one of the most important things in a relationship. It won’t work if you don’t trust each other.” – Anonymous
73. Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody. Agatha Christie
74. The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool. Stephen King
75. “Don’t trust people whose feelings change with time.. Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
76. Trust is built with consistency. – Lincoln Chafee
77. Keep your promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust. Roy T. Bennett
78. “To be joyful, try less and trust more.” – Richard Daly
79. It is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. H.L. Mencken
80. When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost. Patrick Lencioni
81. 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
82. “You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.” – Anton Chekhov
83. Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. Alfred Adler
84. “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
85. I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. Robert E. Lee
86. Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust. Albert Einstein
87. “After all, trust is greater than love, and to truly trust another human being is rare. Love can exist without trust, but trust cannot exist without love.” – Sammy Sutton
88. “Relationships are about trust. If you have to play detective, then it’s time to move on.” – Anonymous
89. One of the reasons I don’t trust the media is you can’t have a double standard for guys you like and dislike. Charles Barkley
90. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
91. Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. Aesop
92. The primary reason people believe in anything is because others believe. Brian Norgard
93. Quit questioning God and start trusting Him! Joel Osteen
94. “The best proof of love is trust.” – Joyce Brothers
95. “There are two reasons why we don’t trust people. First, we don’t know them. Second, we know them.” – Anonymous
96. You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. Anton Chekhov
97. “Only those you trust can betray you.” – Terry Goodkind
98. Never trust the version that people give of themselves — it is utterly unreliable. Robert Greene
99. Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. Maya Angelou
100. “Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.” – Alfred Alder
101. The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself. Winston Churchill
102. “Trust, but verify.” – Ronald Reagan
103. Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Kahlil Gibran
104. “Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it.” – Lolly Daskal
105. It’s good to trust others but not to do so is much better. Benito Mussolini
106. What loneliness is more lonely than distrust? George Eliot
107. “Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.” – Julianne Moore
108. Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. Brennan Manning
109. “Without trust, it’s only a matter of time before relationships crumble.” – Anonymous
110. 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. Adler
111. “Trust is not an obsession, it’s an extension of love. When we truly love someone, we give them our heart to hold in their hands. And when that love is returned, that very trust is the balm to our souls.” – Julie Lessman
112. “‘I love you’ is far different from ‘I trust you.” – Shelaxai
113. Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corie ten Boom
114. “Don’t trust the person who has broken faith once.” – William Shakespeare
115. Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. Rick Warren
116. “Trust everybody, but cut the cards.” – Finley Peter Dunne
117. Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to. Julianne Moore
118. “Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.” – Santosh Kalwar
119. To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. – George MacDonald
120. “When mistrust comes in, loves goes out.” – Irish Proverb
121. “Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.” – Jodi Picoult
122. Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo Emerson
123. Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities of which they were previously unaware. David Armistead
124. “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare
125. Learn to trust the journey, even when you do not understand it. Lolly Daskal
126. The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams. Elizabeth Gilbert
127. Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them. Roy T. Bennett
Deep Trust Quotes That’ll Change Your Worldview to Strengthen Your Faith
129. Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. Booker T. Washington
130. Trust one who has gone through it. – Virgil
131. Trust is like blood pressure. It’s silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly. Frank Sonnenberg
132. “Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
133. “It is mutual trust—even more than mutual interest—that holds human associations together.” – H.L. Mencken
134. Don’t trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar. – Unknown
135. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Ralph Waldo Emerson
136. We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple. Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
137. There’s never a reason to trust someone. If there’s a reason, then it’s not trust. Gerald Morris
138. “Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
139. The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. Marcus Tullius Cicero
140. I trust myself. You need that to survive. Yoko Ono
141. You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment unless you trust enough. Frank Crane
142. “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” – Stephen King
143. “Trust is hard to earn and it can be
144. times harder to earn back once broken.” – Kevin Allen
145. “If you give your trust to a person who does not deserve it, you actually give him the power to destroy you.” – Khaled Saad
146. Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it. Richard Rohr
147. The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. Ernest Hemingway
148. Sometimes you don’t know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again. Demi Lovato
149. I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. Troy Kennedy-Martin
150. “The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.” – Abraham Lincoln
151. Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. Go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness. Lesley Ann Warren
152. Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Christopher Hitchens
153. Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. Zig Ziglar
154. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
155. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie ten Boom
156. “Trust your instincts, and make judgments on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.” – David Gemmell
157. Take no one’s word for anything, including mine – but trust your experience. James Baldwin
158. Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks. Isaac Watts
159. “For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” – Suzanne Collins
160. Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. Democritus
161. “The glue that holds all relationships together—including the relationship between the leader and the led—is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” – Brian Tracy
162. Trust is like a vase, once it’s broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again. Walter Anderson
163. “Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.” – Lawrence Welk
164. “Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!” – Joel Osteen
165. I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. Friedrich Nietzsche
166. It’s a delight to trust somebody so completely. Jeff Goldblum
167. “It is an equal failing to trust everybody and to trust nobody.” – English Proverb
168. “Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.” – Brennan Manning
169. The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. Rene Descartes
170. A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him. Gregory David Roberts
171. Trust is very hard if you don’t know what you’re trusting. Marianne Williamson
172. “Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.” – Eric Sevareid
173. Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Don Miguel Ruiz
174. “‘It was a mistake,’ you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.” – David Levithan
175. “There’s never a reason to trust someone. If there’s a reason, then it’s not trust.” – Gerald Morris
Trust is “a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” These trust quotes show what it means to be trusting and trustworthy. When we trust someone, we have confidence in them and in their honesty and integrity. We believe that they will do the things they say they will, and recognize their abilities and strengths.
Trust can be a fragile thing, but it is the foundation on which all relationships are built. In that spirit, here are the best trust quotes to help you trust more easily. So whether you’re starting a new relationship, want to be more trusting of others, or work on being trustworthy yourself, you’ll find the perfect trust quote here.
Imagine how hard it would be to live with others without trust. It’ll definitely feel like walking on eggshells, constantly turning and looking back to see if someone is planning something against you. If we live with this kind of attitude, we’ll succumb to fatigue, and our lives won’t be filled with positive and happy energies. This, however, applies in all aspects of life, not just in our homes and our communities. How would you find the one you’d spend the rest of your life with if you constantly doubt them? How would you be successful at work if you couldn’t rely on your teammates and work together?
Trust is indeed the beginning and end of everything. So, let these quotes serve as a reminder to build trust amongst those you live and work with. By doing so, you can become more carefree and at peace. Who’s the person you trust the most? Has your trust ever been broken? We’d love to hear your thoughts, so comment below.
