35 Quotes About Friend Betrayal

Some people may experience difficulty being honest in their relationship. These quotes about friend betrayal highlight some of the effects of dishonesty.

“A good man or woman will be honest no matter how painful the truth is.”

“As we get older, we don’t lose friends. We just find out who the real ones are.”

“Be careful who you trust… the devil was once an angel.”

“Betrayal is universal for people with no principle.”

“Better to have an enemy who slaps you in the face than a friend who stabs you in the back.”

“Breaking someone’s trust is like crumpling up a perfect piece of paper. You can smooth it over, but it’s never going to be the same again.”

“Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, fear the fake friend that hugs you.”

“Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime.”

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

“Fools take a knife and stab people in the back.”

“Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you.”

“Forgiveness doesn’t always lead to healed relationships.”

“Friends are supposed to be there for you when you cry, not the reason you cry.”

“I reward loyalty with loyalty and disloyalty with distance.”

“I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it.”

“I’ve been stabbed in the back by those I needed most.”

“It is better to have an enemy who honestly says they hate you.”

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

“It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.”

“It’s funny how sometimes the people you’d take a bullet for are the ones behind the trigger.”

“It’s hard to tell who has your back from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.”

“It’s hard to trust somebody when the one person who you completely opened up to is the person who later completely betrayed you.”

“It’s hard to trust someone, especially when the ones you trusted the most were the ones that betrayed you.”

“Life is not about who’s real to your face, it’s about who’s real behind your back.”

“Lovers have a right to betray you; friends don’t.”

“No matter how badly people treat you, never drop down to their level.”

“Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the person you thought would never hurt you.”

“One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go.”

“Sometimes it’s not the people who change,it’s the mask that falls off.”

“Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through silent pain.”

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”

“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.”

“The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.”

“We’re not friends, we’re not enemies, we’re just strangers with some memories.”

“Years of love have been forgot in the hatred of a minute.”

If we invested more time in friends than ourselves, we could experience a higher success rate in long term relationships.