130 Quotes About Trust in Relationships That Strengthen Bonds

Discover the power of love with our enlisted quotes about trust in relationships. They will not only inspire you but also help in overcoming fears and doubts!

Pritpal Bhatia
Reviewed by PRITPAL BHATIA , Bach Flower Therapist & Psychotherapist | Written by Aastha Pahadia , Certified Relationship Coach
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 | 02:52 PM IST | 1.3M
130 Quotes About Trust in Relationships That Strengthen Bonds
130 Quotes About Trust in Relationships That Strengthen Bonds

When it comes to love, trust is everything! But things can be messy when there is fear, doubt, and frequent heartbreaks. However, after reading a few quotes about trust in relationships, you be able to uplift your spirit and rebuild your bond. After all, trust and faith are the two foundational principles of all human connections. Pritpal Bhatia, a psychotherapist and relationship counselor, says, “Life cannot go on without faith and trust, which nourishes all human activity, including thinking. That is the basis of all human development. There’s enough light in faith if you want to believe, and rest will fall into place.” They keep two souls glued to each other for years.

According to our contributor, Luana Alves, a Psychotherapist, and a Relationship Coach,  “Building trust in a romantic relationship involves open communication, honesty, consistency, and reliability. It's essential to be transparent about your feelings, intentions, and boundaries and to actively listen and validate your partner's feelings. Demonstrate reliability by following through on your commitments and being there for your partner in both good times and bad. Avoid secrecy or deceit, and prioritize mutual respect, empathy, and understanding. Over time, trust grows as you consistently show care, respect, and honesty in your actions and words, fostering a deep and meaningful connection based on mutual trust and security.”

Trust is what helps a couple navigate through challenges and obstacles come what may. Honestly, it is a two-way street in a healthy relationship.  Building trust brick by brick is what leads to emotional connections and lasting love

Luana further adds, “Building trust in a romantic relationship involves consistent communication, honesty, and reliability. Be transparent about your feelings and intentions, listen actively to your partner, and demonstrate reliability by keeping your promises and being there for them. Avoid deceit or secrecy, prioritize mutual respect and empathy, and address any concerns or issues openly and constructively. Trust grows over time through shared experiences, vulnerability, and consistent actions that reinforce the belief in each other's integrity and commitment, fostering a strong and lasting bond built on trust and mutual understanding.”

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Now that you have understood that it is never trust ‘versus’ love but trust ‘and’ love, bookmark some of the best trust quotes to keep sailing in the infinite ocean of love, happiness, and joy with your forever trustworthy person! 

Send some quotes across to the love of your life and discover the significance of trust and its power in getting you closer to one another. Pritpal Bhatia further adds,” Trust lays the foundation for developing human relationships, and consequently the development of humanity. It binds human beings.”

Best Trust Quotes for Relationships

Best Trust Quotes for Relationships

1. “Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.” — Maria V. Snyder

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

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

4. “Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.” — Eric Sevareid

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5. “Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.” — Arthur Ashe

6.  "When the trust is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective." — Stephen Covey

7. “The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted dreams.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

8.  “Trust starts with truth and ends with truth.” — Santosh Kalwar 

9. “Relationships should be built on trust and truth.” — Sophie Kinsella

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

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

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

13.  “Trust is built with consistency.” — Lincoln Chafee

14. “Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.” ― Helen Hollick

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Positive Trust Quotes

Positive Trust Quotes

15. “You have to trust or you're only living half a life.” — J.D. Robb

16.  “Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.” — Criss Jami

17.  “Responsibility is always a sign of trust.” — James Cash Penney

18.  “It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.” — Benito Mussolini

19.  "Wisdom is found only in truth." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

20. “Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” — Kahlil Gibran

21.  Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. — Brennan Manning

22.  “They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded!” — George Muller

23. "Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work." —Warren Bennis

24.  Take no one’s word for anything, including mine – but trust your experience. — James Baldwin

25.  “Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.” — Don Peppers

26.  “Trust your instincts, and make judgments on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.” — David Gemmell

27. “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

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28. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” — Dr. Benjamin Spock

29. "Self-trust is the first secret of success." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

31. “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

Trust Quotes for Love

Trust Quotes for Love

32. “It’s a delight to trust somebody so completely.” — Jeff Goldblum

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

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

35. “I love you‘ is far different from ‘I trust you’” — Shelaxai

36.  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

Quotes About Rebuilding Trust

Quotes About Rebuilding Trust

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

38.  “Trust is like a vase, once it’s broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again.” — Walter Anderson  

39. "Trust is the key to success in any relationship, personal or professional, and when trust is broken, it is essential that it be repaired." — James H. Douglas Jr.

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40. “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

41. “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

42. “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

43. “Broken trust can heal more quickly than most of us have thought, too. And it’s worth it because whoever coined the expression ‘broken places are stronger where they heal’ is absolutely right when it comes to trust.”– Mira Kirshenbaum

44. “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

45. "Trust is a fragile thing, easy to break, easy to lose, and one of the hardest things to ever get back." - J.L. Witterick

Inspirational Quotes About Trust

Inspirational Quotes About Trust

46. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” — Corrie Ten Boom

47. "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication." — Stephen Covey

48. "Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

49.  Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God. — Lawrence Welk

50. “A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.” — Gregory David Roberts

51. “There’s never a reason to trust someone. If there’s a reason, then it’s not trust.” — Gerald Morris

52.  “Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” — Shelley Long

53.  Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust.” —  Dean Ornish

54. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

55. "Trust what you love, continue to do it and it will take you where you need to go." — Natalie Goldberg

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

57. “He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.” — Lao Tzu

58. “Without trust, there can be no genuine peace. Neither in politics nor the quiet individuality of the heart and spirit.” — Timothy Zahn

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59.  “Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.” — Joyce Brothers

60. “Never trust the version that people give of themselves — it is utterly unreliable.” — Robert Greene

61. “When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.” — Patrick Lencioni

62. “Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.” — Alfred Adler

63. “Trust everybody, but cut the cards.” — Finley Peter Dunne

64. “Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.” — Christopher Hitchens

65. “None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.” — Paolo Coelho

66.  “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

I Trust You Quotes for Him

I Trust You Quotes for Him

68.  “Sometimes you don’t know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.” — Demi Lovato

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

70. “I trust you: That’s huge. That’s the truth. That’s real love. Everyone uses ‘I love you’ so loosely.”—  Justin Chatwin

71.  "Trust in me in all you do. Have the faith I have in you." — Etta James

Trust And Commitment Quotes

Trust And Commitment Quotes

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

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

74.  "Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back." — R. Williams

75. “When an individual trusts another sufficiently to expose the true self — the deepest fears, the hidden desires — a powerful intimacy is born.” — Sarah Pekkanen

76.  “What is love after all but trusting in the unknown.” — Marty Rubin

77.  “Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.”—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

78.  "It takes two to do the trust tango - the one who risks (the trustor) and the one who is trustworthy (the trustee); each must play their role.” — Charles H. Green

79.  “Trust, like the lubricant in an engine, is noticed only when it is gone and the motor has seized up.” — David Hurst

80. “You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.” — Anton Chekhov

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81. “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

82. “The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.” — Abraham Lincoln

83. “A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.” — Beau Mirchoff

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

85. “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

86. "Don't trust the person who has broken faith once." — William Shakespeare

87. “The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.” — Henry Stimson

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

Rebuilding Relationship Quotes

Rebuilding Relationship Quotes

89. “You know, sometimes you have got to trust the people you love. You have got to trust that if they are good people, they will make good decisions.”—  Janette Rallison

90. “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

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

92.  “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

93. “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

94. “Approach your partner with love and kindness to re-establish the trust that you had originally.”—  Jessica Riley 

Quotes on Trust And Honesty

Quotes on Trust And Honesty

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

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

97.  “Trust is the highest form of human bond. It creates a foundation for love, respect, and genuine connections.” —  Jeremiah Say

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

99. “Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.” — Sophocles

100. “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 balm to our souls.” — Julie Lessman

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101. "Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of." — Bob Vanourek

102. “We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.” — Lord Byron

103. “Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.” — Criss Jami

104. “I may have trust issues, but some people seem to have an issue with the responsibility of being trusted.” — Melchor Lim

105. “Trust is very hard if you don’t know what you’re trusting.” — Marianne Williamson

106. “Peace and trust take years to build and seconds to shatter.” — Mahogany SilverRain

107. “Trust is like blood pressure. It’s silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.” — Frank Sonnenberg

108. “Trust opens up new and unimagined possibilities.” — Robert C. Solomon

109. “Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.” —  Johann Kaspar Lavater

Love And Trust Quotes

Love And Trust Quotes

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

111. "Trust is the first step to love." — Munshi Premchand

112. “Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.” — Doris Lessing

113. “If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.” — Megan Whalen Turner

114. “Don't trust people whose feelings change with time... Trust people whose feelings remain the same, even when the time changes.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour

115.  “Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus, and commitment by two willing partners.” — Elizabeth Bourgeret

116. “After all ... what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.” — Evelyn Waugh

117. “Trust has no gradient.” — Toba Beta

118. “Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.” — Natalie Goldberg

119. “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” — Albert Einstein

120. “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” — Edith Hamilton

121. “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

122. 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

123. “Trust. It is like placing a blade in someone's hand and setting the very point to your heart.” — Cassandra Clare

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

125. "The best proof of love is trust." — Joyce Brothers

126. “Love all, trust few.” — William Shakespeare

127.  "Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” — Dhar Mann 

128. “Never trust someone who lies to you. Never lie to someone who trusts you.” — Mandy

129. “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

130. “Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.” —  Harlan Coben

These quotes about trust in relationships are gentle reminders that will keep you connected to your soulmate despite hardships. They will guide you on the right path of lasting love and never loosen your ties. It doesn’t matter whether you are married or in a committed or loving relationship, these quotes will act as mediators whenever you feel betrayed or hurt and a source of inspiration when you feel low. Let us tell you that they have great potential in rebuilding and restrengthening your bonds. They will also have an impact on your personal and professional life!

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FAQ's

Can a relationship last without trust?
A relationship won’t last without love, trust, and respect. If it persists, it will likely be a toxic relationship.

How is trust built in a relationship?
You can build trust by telling them how you feel, using eye contact, and respecting each other.

How do you fix trust issues in a relationship?
By being open to self-growth and improvement, you can fix trust issues in a relationship.

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Aastha Pahadia
Aastha Pahadia
Certified Relationship Coach

Aastha is a certified Relationship coach and she strives to help those who seek expert advice on relationships.

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