Jean Houston Quotes

I say, traitors; as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty; if it may be called a liberty, as it is redeemed with the betraying of the interest of Christ, and the blood of His people.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second?

Judas heard all Christ's sermons.

If the goal of an actor is to tell the best story ever, there's no higher story than Jesus Christ.

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.

Did you really think I would sell you out?

There's good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can't really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

The thing I'm having a hard time with are the Christians who will stab you in the back in a wink.

I love the treason but hate the traitor.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

He’s a turncoat if there ever was one.

My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.

Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.

Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold.

It's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.

It is often our best friends who throw us down.

I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the chance to betray you, I will. If the opportunity arises to pay you back, I'll take it. You'll never be able to trust me.

The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.

So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light.