35 Quotes About Trust

Trust gives us confidence in ourselves and in the people around us. It can strengthen friendships, relationships, families, and workplaces, but when trust is broken, the hurt can run deep.

These quotes about trust offer thoughts on believing in yourself, being honest and dependable, building strong relationships, trusting God, and protecting the trust others place in us. May they encourage you to value trust and remember that it is built through both words and actions.

Updated September 28, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Trusting Yourself

Trust often begins within. These quotes encourage confidence in your judgment, abilities, values, and the courage to believe in yourself when facing decisions or challenges.

Decide what you want and make it true, with a little inspiration and trust. Work hard and believe in ourselves, leave your failures behind in the dust.
Catherine Pulsifer, Don't Give Up, Be Inspired

As you graduate, trust the knowledge and the values you have learned over the years.
Catherine Pulsifer

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you; if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting, too.
Rudyard Kipling, If

Success isn't handed, you must make it yours, trust yourself and work hard to open doors.
Catherine Pulsifer, Confidence And Fortitude

Luck is what we make it . . . our successes lie in how we test our mettle and what we trust.
Catherine Pulsifer, Luck Is What We Make It

When we question the trust in ourselves, we are saying we are not enough. Instead, we need to nurture the part that allows us to have trust and faith and recognize our value and worth.
Robin Pollak, Trust Your Intuition

Don't worry about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination.
Sir Thomas Treves

We’ve got to learn how to trust ourselves and dare to acknowledge what we really feel.
Iyanla Vanzant, Trust

Some wander on with little aim just trust they're going straight. Turn blindly wrong, then place all blame upon an adverse fate.
W. A. Drews, At The Cross Roads

Trust, Honesty And Character

Trust grows when our words and actions show honesty, integrity, and reliability. These quotes remind us that character and communication are important foundations for earning the trust of others.

Fill your life with earnest endeavor and perfect trust
Unknown, The Legacy Of Life

By speaking the truth you are being honest, and your character is one that people will trust.
Catherine Pulsifer

Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence in one anothers integrity
Unknown

Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.
Mike Puglia

Honesty is perhaps just as important a factor in one's communication skills as trust.
Ross Elkins

Listening is the bedrock on which trust is built.
Geoff Hudson-Searle; Mark Herbert, The Trust Paradigm

Trust In Relationships And Friendship

Strong relationships need trust to feel safe, dependable, and meaningful. These quotes reflect on friendship, love, communication, teamwork, and the care required to build and protect trust between people.

We would quit our cold complaining and a hand of trust extend, if we knew each other better. We would count each one a friend.
Unknown, Each Other

Trust and comfort we find in holding hands - for me, there could be no other man.
Catherine Pulsifer, We Find

Trust in ourselves and others gives us the courage and capability to create meaningful and lasting relationships.
Sue Patton Thoele

I've always wondered what it would be like, to count on one person like you. I know I can always trust you, as you always follow through.
J. Hebert, Friend Like You

Trust is also fragile and must be handled with great care. Careless words and impulsive actions can easily damage trust.
Cynthia Lynn Wall, The Courage to Trust

To know that there are some souls, hearts and minds, here and there who trust us and whom we trust....makes a paradise of this great world: this makes our life really life.
James Freeman Clarke, Real Life

Relationships rest on a foundation of trust. It’s what allows us to feel safe and secure.
Debi Silber, Trust Again

Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
Steven R. Covey

Trust is the foundation of everything. It turns a group of creative, effective, and productive individuals into a creative, effective, and productive team.
Yoram Solomon, The (mini) Book of Trust

In life, we must have trust - if we don't trust we have nothing.
Catherine Pulsifer, Worthwhile In Life

Faith, Hope And Trust During Uncertainty

Trust can be especially important when life feels uncertain. These quotes consider faith, hope, fear, self-belief, and trusting God or the people around us when we cannot see exactly where the road will lead.

Christmas can be the end of pessimism and cynicism; the beginning of belief and trust.
William Arthur Ward, Christmas Can Be

Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.
Elisabeth Elliot

Creating goals that will better your life, is how one can become who they want to be. So trust in yourself that you are enough.
Julie Hebert, Poems About Goals

But you can overcome your fears by talking about them with someone dear. Someone you look up to and trust is a first step that is a must.
Catherine Pulsifer, Overcome Your Fears

I believe in the imagination, the trust, the hopes and ideals which dwell in the hearts of all children.
Ozora Davis, Mom Believes

Our trust capacity is proportional to the trustworthiness we have found in all our fellow travelers on life’s voyage
David Richo, Daring to Trust

Although life's road may have many crossroads, we just have to trust in God and instinct.
Julie Hebert, Bumpy Road Called Life

Building, Protecting And Restoring Trust

Trust takes time to build and care to maintain. These quotes remind us that trust can be fragile, that our actions matter, and that restoring trust often begins with communication, forgiveness, and a willingness to reach out.

...in love trust is a must - the relationship is over if we don't have that feeling.
Catherine Pulsifer, Worthwhile In Life

If you trust in yourself you can trust in me, you can trust in people, you can trust in existence. But if you don’t trust in yourself, then no other trust is ever possible.
Osho, Trust

Mend a quarrel. Search out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust.
Unknown, Today

Conclusion

Trust is one of those things we may not fully appreciate until it has been tested. It gives strength to relationships, helps us work together, and allows us to move through life with greater confidence in ourselves and in others.

May these quotes remind you that trust is worth protecting. Be honest in your words, dependable in your actions, and willing to give trust the time and care it needs to grow.

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