70 Quotes on Betrayal by Fake Friends

After experiencing the heartbreaking character dishonesty of someone they once considered dear, some people wonder what makes loyalty so difficult. These people may be hurting and want closure before they move on. These fake friend quotes about betrayal may help.

Fake friendships are the worst. Our friends are often our enemies. When the going is good, they will stand by us and then turn on us when it’s not. Anyone can betray us, but it is especially painful when it’s someone we care about, like our family, friends, lovers or boyfriends and girls. These Betrayal Fake Friend Quotes are a thoughtful collection to share.

Deep betrayal fake friends quotes

“You must have completely mastered the art of deceiving yourself into believing that I was the bad person in our friendship so that you won’t have to worry about feeling guilty for your actions. I hope these tricks help you sleep like a baby at night.” – Unknown

“Do not put your faith in the hands of someone who has failed you twice. The first time indicated their foul nature; the second was to pass a message and a lesson; anything beyond that is to be classified as taking you for a ride.” – Unknown

“The person you need to be wary of more than the adversary that ambushes you is a friend who pretends to embrace you, but in reality, they have a gun to your back.” – Unknown

“The most challenging realisation that betrayal opens your eyes to is that someone you put on a pedestal is willing to put you down to see themselves in a better situation.” – Unknown

“There are no shades to loyalty; it is either white or black. You are either wholly loyal or never loyal to a person. You are not meant to be loyal only at your convenience.” – Unknown

“You do not have to feel like a gullible human because someone breaks the trust you kept in their care. You have done nothing but trust someone who is just not trustworthy.” – Unknown

“When you break someone’s trust, it is like crumpling paper. You can try to make it smooth again, but it will never go back to how it used to be.” – Unknown

“Friendship is delicate as glass; once broken, it can be fixed, but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed

“Fake friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.” – Unknown

“Controllers, abusers, and manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is the…they always say the problem is someone else.” – Darlene Quimet

“It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.” – Mandy Hale

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.” – Richard Burton

“Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them. Some friends are only around when they want something from you but are never there when you need something from them.” – Rashida Rowe

“You have nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” – Joan Jett

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are toxic to our being simply because…they aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people for us. And as hard as it is, we have to let them go.” – Daniell Koepke

“Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called “perfection,” which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of.” – Dan Pearce

“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.” – Henry David Thoreau

“If you are not going to be a comfort, have the decency to be an empty space.” – Jennifer Crusie

“Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.” – Shania Twain

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” – Buddha

“True friends esteem you of greater worth than you feel deserving. False friends demand you prove that worth.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

“Best friends have 11 letters, but so does Backstabber.” – Wiz Khalifa

“Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.” – Khalil Gibran

“True friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but they are always there.” – Habeeb Akande

“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” – Malcolm X

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

“If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.” – Toba Beta

“Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.” – Christine Feehan

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

“There is always a lesson of a lifetime to learn in every betrayal.” – Edmond Mbiaka

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

Motivational Betrayal quotes to Learn from and Move Forward

“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” – Arthur Miller

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” – Proverbs 27:6

“I’m not crying because of you; you’re not worth it. I’m crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.” – Steve Maraboli

“Sometimes, instead of being hurt, you should look at betrayal as a gift. It makes it that much easier to sweep it up and toss it out with the rest of the trash. And why is that you ask? Because trash starts to stink…and when it does, it has no more value in your life.” – Donna Schoenrock

“Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you. Sometimes a good heart doesn’t see the bad.” – Unknown

“An honest enemy is better than a false friend. When in doubt, pay more attention to what people do and less to what they say. Actions not only speak louder than words, they are more difficult to fake.” – Zero Dean

“Love comes to those who still hope after disappointment, who still believe after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt.” – Unknown

“The knives of betrayal and drama cut deep and hurt… but they also trim away the nonsense and reveal your true friends.” – Steve Maraboli

“I wish the pain of betrayal was as easy to ignore as the red flags that forewarned of it.” – Steve Maraboli

“It’s bad enough when you are betrayed by an enemy, but it is infinite times more painful when this betrayal is perpetrated by a loved one.” – Unknown

“He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.” – Sophocles

“All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal.” – Robert C. Solomon

“You know that you have been stabbed when you feel the deep pain of betrayal.” – Les Parrott

“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.” – Unknown

“I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.” – Veronica Roth

“Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.” – Anita Shreve

“Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.” – Aesop

“The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.” –  Heather Brewer

“One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go. If you’ve been hurt until it breaks your soul into pieces, your perspective in life will definitely change, and no one and nothing in this world could ever hurt you again.” – Mareez Reyes

“Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you.” – Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.” – Lauren Conrad

“Betrayals rarely come from an enemy.” – Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

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

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

“When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.” – Isaac Bashevis Singer

“People on the top seldom have enemies, it’s most often the flattering ‘friend’ who stab them in the back.” – Amit Abraham

“One of the favorite pastimes of Backstabbers is recounting slights and grievances they’ve carried for years.” – Les Parrott

“A stab from a friend cuts deeper than a stab from a foe.” – Amit Kalantri

“Never trust on unknown hands, you will never know how they stand by you and backstab with their brains.” – Debolina Bhawal

“Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.” – Johann Caspar Lavater

Conclusion

It may be time to change your priorities if you find yourself in a situation where friends are betraying each other.

Ask yourself some questions. How do you feel regarding your friendships with friends? You may have given them many chances, but they continue to backstab you. It is time to heal and love yourself.