If there is one thing that human beings desire is to find that one person that they can wholly and totally trust, which is very rare indeed. Being human is being susceptible to failure and therefore it is not very wise for someone to put their whole trust in another human being who is fallible.

This fact has been proven by the number of quotes that have been written about trust. Great men and women who lived and still live have found that trust can be very fragile. No wonder that many of them actually advice against putting people on pedestals by expecting too much from them in the way of trust because all too soon the human nature exposes itself and trust is shattered. Below are famous quotes about trust that further define its importance.

Famous Quotes about Trust

Trust is indeed hard to earn but easy to break. By reading quotes about trust it is then possible for you to be understanding about other human beings when they fail you and in that way you will not get too hurt by their actions.

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

Trust is like a paper. Once it’s crumpled, it can’t be perfect again.
— Anonymous

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
— William Shakespeare

Forgiving someone is easy, but being able to trust them again is a totally different story.
— Unknown

A relationship with no trust is like a car with no gas. It won’t go anywhere.
— Anonymous

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.
— Billy Wilder

“I trust you” is a better compliment than “I love you because you may not always trust the person you love but you can always love the person you trust.
— Unknown

The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.
— Stephen King

Trust is like an eraser; it gets smaller and smaller with every mistake.
— Unknown

“Men trust God by risking rejection. Women trust God by waiting.”
― Carolyn McCulley

“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
― Confucius

“Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.”
― Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

“I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them.”
― Troy Kennedy Martin

Short Quotes about Trust

These quotes about trust can also be a reminder to ourselves that we often fail others and so we actually need to be kind and gracious about the failings of others.

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

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
— Benjamin Spock

Trusting you is my decision. Proving me right is your choice.
— Unknown

Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people.
— Unknown

Big or small, lies are lies.
— Unknown

I’m telling the truth, but then I smile, and then they think I’m lying.
— Unknown

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
— Martin Luther King Jr.

Hurt me with the truth, but never comfort me with a lie.
— Unknown

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
―Herodotus

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
― George MacDonald

Trust is built with consistency.
— Lincoln Chafee

“Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!”
― Joel Osteen

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

“I would rather trust a woman’s instinct than a man’s reason.”
― Stanley Baldwin

“Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

“Love cannot live where there is no trust.”
― Edith Hamilton, Mythology

“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
― Aesop

“Trust yourself, you will start to trust others.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

Inspirational Quotes about Trust

Find inspiration in the knowledge that no one is perfect and so you can then go ahead and enjoy being human. Here are more inspiring quotes about trust that will give you inspiration.

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

Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.
— Unknown

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be- and when they’re not, we cry.
— Unknown

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

Remember, you don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends you can be certain of.
— Unknown

Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker’s reflection.
― Lady Gaga

I’m a good enough person to forgive you, but I’m not stupid enough to trust you again.
— Unknown

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
― Corrie ten Boom

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.
— Frank Crane

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
― Barbara Smith

“Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.”
― Wm. Paul Young

More Trust Quotes

The most expensive thing in the world is trust. It can take years to earn and just a matter of seconds to lose.
— Unknown

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
— Golda Meir

Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
— Eubie Blake

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.
— Unknown

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not on the branch but on it’s own wings. Always believe in yourself.
— Unknown

“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.”
― Julianne Moore

“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”
― Thomas Paine

“Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith?”
― Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight

“To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)”
― Jonathan Kellerman, Blood Test

“Trust = telling someone about the things that make you sleepless.”
― Hillary Frank, I Can’t Tell You

“In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.”
― Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle