Betrayal hurts. It can feel like your world is falling apart. But you’re not alone in this pain. Many people have faced infidelity. They’ve felt the sting of broken trust. So I’ve compiled these heartfelt infidelity quotes.
Sometimes, your best friend becomes a stranger. It’s a truly scary thing. But remember, you have a greater capacity for love and growth than you know.
These wise quotes come from people who’ve been there. They understand your pain. They’ve walked this difficult path too.
Cheating isn’t just about undiscovered lies. It’s about the feelings of others being ignored. It’s about broken promises and shattered trust.
But here’s the thing: you can get through this. These quotes show that healing is possible. They offer kind words when you need them most.
You might feel like you’ve lost your perfect marriage. You might wonder if there’s something wrong with you. But the problem lies with the cheater, not you.
These best quotes on bad betrayal and infidelity causes remind us that real love respects boundaries. A real man (or woman) stays faithful. They don’t let an accidental brushing of shoulders turn into something more.
So read on. Find comfort in these words. Let them guide you toward healing and hope.
99 Heartfelt Infidelity Quotes to Help You Heal
- In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.” – Miroslav Volf
- “People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end – whether we’ve had direct experience or not – there’s part of you that knows there’s absolutely no more piercing betrayal. People are undone by it.” – Junot Diaz
- “Love is understood, in a historical way, as one of the great human vocations – but its counterspell has always been infidelity. This terrible, terrible betrayal that can tear apart not only another person, not only oneself, but whole families.” – Junot Diaz
- “Because I’ve been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.” – Rachel Hunter
- “Writers are always writing about infidelity. It’s so dramatic. The wickedness of it, the secrecy, the complications, the finding that you thought you were one person but you’re also this other person. The innocent life and the guilty life. My God, it’s just full of stuff for a writer. I doubt it will ever go out of fashion.” – Alice Munro
- “There’s so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it’s sometimes far worse to emotionally cheat on somebody.” – Sandra Bullock
- “Infidelity has always existed, but I feel like it was brushed under the carpet, behind the scenes. Now everyone is at it – and they’ve stopped pretending they’re not.” – Karan Johar
- “Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.” – Katherine Anne Porter
- “Infidelity raises profound questions about intimacy.” – Junot Diaz
- “As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation – but a divorce? Never.” – Tariq Ali
- “I think what destroys Hollywood marriages is our work schedule, not so much infidelity.” – Eva Longoria
- “I’ve never cheated or been cheated upon. I’ve seen my parents together and secure. So I feel the same way. Infidelity stems from low self-esteem. You want to cheat when you don’t feel good about yourself.” – Preity Zinta
- “When I was working on ‘Drown’ – this was way back in the mid-’90s – I had this idea that I wanted to do another collected stories. I wanted to do another book like ‘Drown’ that focused specifically on infidelity.” – Junot Diaz
- “I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.” – Olivia Wilde
- “Infidelity is horrible – there’s nothing worse than that; it’s devastating.” – Jessica Capshaw
- “Callista Gingrich has, I suspect, given Newt’s advisers a giant headache. She’s a constant presence at her husband’s side – and a constant reminder of his acknowledged infidelity. Newt cheated on his second wife with Callista, a woman 23 years his junior.” – Patti Davis
- “No person is perfect. I haven’t, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can’t say what you won’t ever do. And you can’t say that you won’t have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that.” – Tasha Smith
- “You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven’t really heard one before about connecting with the noble part of yourself. I know it sounds a little bit cheesy, but that’s the real deal. There are a lot of people who are making a genuinely good, sweet decision on a daily basis.” – Andy Grammer
- “Infidelity in a serious relationship? No, I have never had that kind of a conflict. My conflicts have been time elements, geographical elements.” – Sidharth Malhotra
- “It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.” – Thomas Paine
- “Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea.” – Pamela Druckerman
- “The cultural expectation should be if there’s infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.” – Dan Savage
- “Infidelity is a deal breaker for me. I’ve broken up with people over it. You can’t do monogamy 90 percent of the time.” – Alanis Morissette
- “I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.” – Tiger Woods
- “Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.” – Pope Francis
- “He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.” – Maimonides
- “If you say, I love you, then you have already fallen in love with language, which is already a form of break up and infidelity.” – Jean Baudrillard
- “Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.” – La India
- “In my experience, I think there’s must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.” – Karan Johar
- “I don’t want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home.” – Michael Zaslow
- “I can’t stop watching ‘Pan Am.’ When I was growing up, my father worked as an engineer in Turkey, and we always flew Pan Am. The stewardesses were so glamorous! When they gave me a set of those golden wings, I felt very grown-up. Not only is the show’s plot full of mystery and infidelity, they get the period details just right.” – Gayle King
- “I find infidelity interesting because it’s so revelatory about people. It’s this really silent thing. Everyone acknowledges it as a general practice, but nobody likes to go beyond that, to get down to the nitty-gritty.” – Junot Diaz
- “‘Mistresses’ is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.” – Rochelle Aytes
- “I do think that with any kind of infidelity, on some level – unless you’re dealing with a sociopath – there’s always a reason.” – Jessica Capshaw
- “I think that in any language when you have a real relationship, and there is love and respect between people, infidelity is always something difficult to accept – whether you are Chinese, British, French. I think that is a universal concept… or problem.” – Jean-Michel Jarre
- As a woman who experienced infidelity firsthand, I will always advise my girlfriends to only trust their husbands 95 percent and leave 5 percent for human error.” – Yolanda Hadid
- “I think infidelity is difficult, monogamy is difficult, and marriage is difficult.” – Maura Tierney
- “I had watched ‘What Lies Beneath’ long before I signed ‘Raaz.’ It was similar in terms of the story premise and the infidelity part. But I didn’t have to go and watch the other film. Once I read the script I wanted to bring my own perspective. I didn’t want to copy from a Hollywood film.” – Dino Morea
- “Infidelity is a fairly common occurrence in society but very often not spoken about.” – Rasika Dugal
- “People cheat when they are afraid. When there is no cost to being wrong or confessing ignorance, there is no reason to cheat or fake comprehension.” – Leah Hager Cohen
- “Betrayal was what I felt, my heart broken not just by a guy I was in love with, but also by, as I once believed, a true friend.” – Danka V.
- “If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you’ll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.” – Ann Landers
- “Cheating isn’t always kissing, touching, or flirting. If you got to delete text messages so your partner won’t see them, you’re already there.” – Anonymous
- “I don’t know what is worse, people who lie or people who think I am stupid enough to believe the lies!” – Anonymous
- “Infidelity is mentally, emotionally, and physically painful to the betrayed spouse. Be gentle with yourself as you heal.” – Dr. KarenFinn
- “A creature with a big enough head to make a contract should have the sense to make one it can keep.” – Barbara Kingsolver
- “You knew what you were doing and you knew it would hurt me but somehow that still didn’t stop you.” – Anonymous
- “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “Those who cheat on their partners who are loyal to them; don’t deserve them. It is a trashy attitude to disrespect a person who is loyal in a relationship, by cheating on him or her.” – Ellen J. Barrier
- “Real men don’t have time to cheat because they are too busy looking for new ways to love their woman.” – Anonymous
- “That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.” – Amy Tan
- “I’m a good enough person to forgive you, but not stupid enough to trust you again.” – Anonymous
- “Cheating was easy, but impossible to take back.” – Dean Osborne
- “Sometimes you can be touched by God, but not healed. Often when this happens, he is using your pain for a greater purpose.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer care.” – Anonymous
- “Cheating and lying aren’t struggles, they’re reasons to break up.” – Patti Callahan Henry
- “Don’t cheat if you don’t want to be cheated. A relationship is mutual. This is the golden rule for all great connections.” – Israelmore Ayivor
- “They didn’t cheat because of who you are. They chose to cheat because of who they are not.” – Charles J. Orlando
- “Earthquakes just happen. Tornadoes just happen. Your tongue does not just happen to fall into someone else’s mouth!” – Gemma Halliday
- “Cheat on a good woman and karma makes sure you end up with the bitch you deserve.” – Anonymous
- “I’m proud of my heart. It’s been played, burned and broken, but somehow still works.” – Anonymous
- “If another woman steals your man, there’s no better revenge than letting her keep him. Real men can’t be stolen.” – Anonymous
- “Never borrow someone else’s man. If he cheated with you, he’ll cheat on you.” – Anonymous
- “There’s something wrong with your character if opportunity controls your loyalty.” – Trent Shelton
- “Cheating on a good person is like throwing away a diamond and picking up a rock.” – Anonymous
- “Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.” – J.E.B. Spredemann
- “If you can’t be committed to another person, at least be committed to the concept of character and don’t cheat.” – Jerry Springer
- The worst kind of hurt is betrayal because it means someone was willing to hurt you just to make themself feel better.” – Anonymous
- “Once you have really hurt someone, it will always be in the back of their mind even if they still have a smile on their face.” – Anonymous
- “If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that person is a fool. Realize that they trusted you much more than you deserved.” – Anonymous
- “A man can love you from the bottom of his heart, and still find room at the top for somebody he claimed was nobody.” – Anonymous
- “Secrets and lies kill relationships. No matter how careful you are, you will get caught.” – Anonymous
- “You didn’t just cheat on me; you cheated on us. You didn’t just break my heart; you broke our future.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Any affair, by its very nature, is quite dysfunctional.” – Rebekah Brooks
- “No woman could love a cheater and not pay the price for it.” – Rose Wynters
- “You don’t deserve someone who comes back, you deserve someone who never leaves.” – Anonymous
- “Relationships sink when there are too many passengers.” – Anonymous
- “Cheating is never okay. There is no justification for it.” – Anonymous
- “A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
- “Affairs don’t start in bedroom. They start with conversations.” – Anonymous
- “Adultery is taking what belongs to someone else.” – Anonymous
- “One lie is enough to question all truths.” – Anonymous
- “Cheating only thrills those who cannot see the beauty in faithfulness.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
- “The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.” – Mitch Albom
- “If you’re betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root.” – Toba Beta
- “When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.” – Sacha Guitry
- “The answer to ‘Why shouldn’t I commit adultery?’ is that it pays not to, and utility is the final measure of the rationality of moral behavior.” – Sheela Pawar
- “Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming, but we can choose which ones to surf.” – Jonatan Mårtensson
- “Never start a relationship if you haven’t ended your previous one.” – Anonymous
- “Some people are like bras, they hook up behind your back.” – Anonymous
- “Some people treat relationships as a video game, they play them and when they get bored they cheat.” – Anonymous
- “There is no such thing as an affair that doesn’t mean anything.” – Amanda Robson
- “Don’t cheat. If the feelings aren’t there, you shouldn’t be either.” – Anonymous
- “Most people cheat because they’re paying more attention to what they’re missing rather than what they have.” – Anonymous
- “Stop asking me to trust you while I’m still coughing up water from the last time you let me drown.” – Anonymous
- “In modern times couples are more concerned about loyalty than love.” – Amit Kalantri
- “Do not expect a yellow card when you cheat someone, because there is always a red card.” – Anonymous
- “Lying, cheating, hiding is the exact opposite of the behavior of a man who’s really into you.” – Greg Behrendt
- “You knew what you were doing and you knew it would hurt me, but somehow that didn’t stop you.” – Anonymous
Final Thoughts
Healing from infidelity takes time. These quotes show that you’re not alone. Many have walked this path before you.
Remember, there’s no perfect marriage. We’re all human beings with flaws. But that doesn’t excuse cheating. A real man or woman stays true to their word. They don’t let a fear of middle-age or a dirty mind lead them astray. They respect the feelings of others.
Your hugs and love were not the problem. The cheater’s choices were. Don’t blame yourself for their mistakes.
Life experience teaches us that trust is precious. Once broken, it’s hard to rebuild. But it’s not impossible. These wise quotes remind us that healing is possible. It might be the only way forward. You have a greater capacity for strength than you know.
The worst thing now would be to lose faith in love. Don’t let this experience close your heart. There are still good people out there.
Keep these quotes close. Let them guide you when things get tough. They’re like kind words from a best friend who understands.
You’ll make new, wonderful memories one day. For now, focus on healing. Take it one day at a time. You’ve got this.
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