Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Who lies for you will lie against you.

When you can't be loyal to your friends, I don't like that world.

Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you.

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

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

To betray, you must first belong.

A man who will traduce those who stood with him in battle is not worth much.

Trust makes way for treachery.

Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.

Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen.

Treachery has existed as long as there's been warfare, and there's always been a few people that you couldn't trust.

Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.

One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s.

Men's vows are women's traitors!

I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That's probably the thing that I'm most sensitive of in all my friendships and my relationships. I just... I just can't take that. I'm comfortable with enemies, but I can't take it from friends.

I have a lot of disrespect for people who cheat. I feel like if you're in a position in a relationship where you want to see other people, and the opportunity to cheat comes up, don't.

Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

Men are only as loyal as their options.