“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”
— Buddha
Loyalty is the foundation of any relationship. It binds us with zillions of invisible threads on which the society is standing. Loyalty is the backbone of the system that withheld the society from falling apart, until the evil of betrayal breeds and threatens to shake the existence of mankind.
Nothing in life gives the best lessons than betrayal. Read on to ease the pain of emotional upheaval you may be facing after a heartbreak. Cheer up as, after all, it was not your fault as the onus of continuing the relationship falls on both and not you alone.
Short Betrayal Quote
“When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. ”
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”
— Arthur Miller
“Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.”
— Toba Beta
“Only those you trust can betray you.”
— Terry Goodkind
“Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.”
— Sara Gruen
“Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.”
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“I’m not mad, I’m hurt. There’s a difference.”
— Unknown
“He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.”
— Ali Ibn Abi Talib AS
“Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.”
— William Shakespeare
Betrayal and You
“If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool. Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.”
“Yes, I’ve changed. Only because I’ve been hurt by the people I never thought would.”
“Don’t tell me what they said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it around you.”
“Sometimes blood isn’t thicker than water and family will cross you quicker than strangers.”
“Sometimes blood isn’t thicker than water and family will cross you quicker than strangers.”
“I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shatter by the truth of who you are.”
– Dr. Steve Maraboli
“The only people I owe my loyalty to are those who never made me question theirs.”
Betrayal in Friendship
“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
– Confucius
“It’s a shame that the very people who you protect are the first ones to turn their backs on you.”
– Autumn Kohler
“It’s not just about who’s being real to your face, but also about who’s being real behind your back.”
– Anonymous
“Grow a thick skin, a very thick skin. And watch your back. For every back, there is a knife.”
– Lily Chatterjee
“The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.”
– Maya Angelou
“All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal.”
– Robert C. Solomon
“Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess.”
– Shannon L. Alder
“The knives of betrayal cut deep, and it hurts. But they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your real friends.”
– Steve Maraboli
“Those who don’t know the value of loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal.”
– Anonymous
“It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.”
– Nicole Richie
“Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face than a friend who stabs you in the back.”
Accept Betrayal and Move On
“They can betray me, but I choose not to betray my peace of mind.”
– Dodinsky
“Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources.”
– Linda Talley
“Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.”
– Christine Feehan
“If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.”
– Toba Beta
“The point was to learn what it was we feared more: being misunderstood or being betrayed.”
– Adam Levin
“When you care about someone, you can’t just turn that off because you learn they betrayed you.”
– Paula Stokes
“Some scars don’t hurt. Some scars are numb. Some scars rid you of the capacity to feel anything ever again.”
– Joyce Rachelle
“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”
– Shannon L. Alder
“Do you know what love is? I’ll tell you: it is whatever you can still betray.”
– John le Carré
“Don’t feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never gave up on them.”
Life and Betrayal Quotes
“Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.”
– Eminem
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”
– Mineko Iwasaki
“Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger.”
– Coco J. Ginger
“Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.”
– George R.R. Martin
“Falling out of love is hard, falling for betrayal is worse, broken trust and broken hearts.
Backstabbers specialize in saying the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong person.”– Les Parrott
“He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.”
– Sophocles
Sad Betrayal Quotes
“Each betrayal begins with trust.”
– Martin Luther
“That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.”
– Amy Tan
“Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.”
– Lauren Conrad
