Quotes about Betrayal

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you...and protect me, for today I could betray you.

We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.

Tell Larry I'm not going to the reception, and that he can't count on me for anything for the rest of my life.

The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

Hatred seems to operate on the same glands as love; it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?

Because life didn't just come with better . . . it came with worse, too. A worse that God could have fixed, perhaps, if she'd let Him, so long ago. She hadn't wanted to take the risk of a broken heart. Of getting hurt over and over again. But wasn't that the nature of love? Risking betrayal? Forgiving? Wiping the slate clean and starting over? Wasn't that the nature of God?

Evil always seeks to betray. To destroy and separate and instill fear. And, on that day, evil won. But that doesn't mean we surrender the battle. We will not dishonor those who paid the ultimate price for freedom by giving up. Evil wants to shut you down. Shame you. Destroy your relationships. Keep you from being the person you can be. Don't let it.

Secrets are always found out, and when they are, people get hurt.

But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.