166 Toxic Relationships quotes

Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked.

Don’t light yourself on fire trying to brighten someone else’s existence.

Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.

You make me feel like a firefly. Trapped in a bell jar; starved for love.

Stop setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.

I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term.

A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.

When he’s the last thing you need, he’ll drain you. He’ll exhaust you. He’ll destroy you. And you won’t see it that way. In fact, you won’t notice it at all. But everyone else will.

Toxic relationships are dangerous to your health; they will literally kill you. Stress shortens your lifespan. Even a broken heart can kill you. There is an undeniable mind-body connection. Your arguments and hateful talk can land you in the emergency room or in the morgue. You were not meant to live in a fever of anxiety; screaming yourself hoarse in a frenzy of dreadful, panicked fight-or-flight that leaves you exhausted and numb with grief. You were not meant to live like animals tearing one another to shreds. Don’t turn your hair gray. Don’t carve a roadmap of pain into the sweet wrinkles on your face. Don’t lay in the quiet with your heart pounding like a trapped, frightened creature. For your own precious and beautiful life, and for those around you — seek help or get out before it is too late. This is your wake-up call!

Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters.

Like arsenic, toxic people will slowly kill you. They kill your positive spirit and play with your mind and emotions. The only cure is to let them go.

If you’re in a relationship and all you do is cry, you need to stop and ask yourself, are you dating a human or an onion?

A bad relationship is like standing on broken glass, if you stay you will keep hurting. If you walk away, you will hurt but eventually, you will heal.

No partner in a love relationship… should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.

A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future.

We can deeply love our poison. We can love the taste of it, the scent of it, the comforting weight of it in our belly and find ourselves woken in the night with stabbing cramps, arms around porcelain toilet bowls, hurling every last bit until collapsing on bathroom tile, limp from dehydration. Sometimes parting with love is essential for survival. I’ve found the most tragic aspect of losing loved ones wasn’t the big boom of the fallout, but realizing later how much healthier I was without them.

Fire False Friends as early as possible. Do it before they dig out the dream seeds you’ve planted! The earlier, the better; the quicker, the safer!

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

There are only two kinds of people who can drain your energy: those you love, and those you fear. In both instances, it is you who let them in. They did not force their way into your aura, or pry their way into your reality experience.

May you reach that level within, where you no longer allow your past or people with toxic intentions to negatively affect or condition you.

Life is too short to hang around people who are causing you to compromise. Pulling you down. Your time is too valuable to waste it with people who don’t have a dream. People that aren’t going anywhere. You don’t need to make some big announcement, but little by little, you should spend less time with them.

Dear Self: Stop re-opening your doors for toxic people, then calling it ‘seeking closure.’ Certain things don’t work out in life . . . and that’s ok.

Don’t allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts.

Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.

When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.

Losing will not always amount to a loss, sometimes you have to lose those toxic relationships and bad habits to create a space for better things.

When being in a toxic relationship in life at times you may have to step outside yourself, to see yourself, so you can find yourself and love yourself again.

I burned my bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me.

We all have that toxic people around us that make our lives miserable… The day we take them out from our lives, we will all become better people; including them…

You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life.

It’s one thing if a person owns up to their behavior and makes an effort to change. But if a person disregards your feelings, ignores your boundaries, and continues to treat you in a harmful way, they need to go.

Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.

There must come a time when your love for yourself becomes more important than your need to hold onto the pain of your past.

I seem to be torn between ‘I wish we’d met earlier’ and ‘I wish we’d never met’.

The wise do not consider the chains and shackles of jail to be the toughest restraints. The chains of attachment are the strongest of the ties that bind.

Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man.

How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others.

I know people can be awful dooms for each other.

Sometimes there are things in life that aren’t meant to stay. Sometimes change may not be what we want. Sometimes change is what we need.

We teach people how to treat us.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.

It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.

Some people live in cages with bars built from their own fears and doubts. Some people live in cages with bars built from other people’s fears and doubts; their parents, their friends, their brothers and sisters, their families. Some people live in cages with bars built from the choices others made for them, the circumstances other people imposed upon them. And some people break free.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.

Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

When you get out of it, you realize how toxic it actually was.

Love cannot live where there is no trust.

Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on.

It is better for someone to break your heart once by leaving your life, than for them to stay in your life and break your heart continually.

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

You don’t let go of a bad relationship because you stop caring about them. You let go because you start caring about yourself.

A broken heart bleeds tears.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

A toxic lover is someone damaged beyond repair.

The only way to win with a toxic partner is not to play.

Sometimes, we just fall in love with the wrong people.

We’ve all loved someone way too freaking much.

The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.

Break free of toxic people and relationships, they erode your quality of life.

Just because someone desires you, does not mean that he values you.

When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it or cut them off.

Removing toxic people (including Naysayers) from your life can repay you in scores of holistic wealth.

If you keep pretending you’re not hurt, how can you heal? True love doesn’t expect you to deny you’re in pain.

Make sure you’re not saying ‘It’s complicated’ when it’s actually TOXIC. The more words it takes you to explain your relationship, the less healthy it probably is.

When you are finally able to see and understand the toxicity you have been surrounding yourself with, they will do everything in their power to make you out to be the evil one.

Just because someone is your family doesn’t mean you have to keep them around if they are toxic or abusive. Don’t let people guilt you.

In order to reach your highest potential, it is imperative that you remove all negative people from your life.

He would hurt me and make the hurt my fault. So no matter who got hurt, I was to be blamed, always.

Consistency is genuinely improving yourself to become a good match for those with whom you are in relationships while distancing yourself from people when their actions become too toxic.

Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.

You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.

If there is a particular person in your life that is repeatedly choosing not to honor you and is causing you more sadness or pain than they are joy – it might be time to release that friendship back to God and trust that it is not where you belong.

Even if toxic people are right about what is “good,” they are wrong if the approach is not healthy.

Do not hold your breath for anyone, do not wish your lungs to be still, it may delay the cracks from spreading, but eventually they will. Sometimes to keep yourself together, you must allow yourself to leave, even if breaking your own heart is what it takes to let you breathe.

My encouragement: delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all complexity, build a team around you that frees you to fly, remove anything toxic, and cherish simplicity. Because that’s where genius lives.

Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people’s buttons.

Many people get into a relationship as a way to compensate for something they lack or hate within themselves. This is a one-way ticket to a toxic relationship because it makes your love conditional – you will love your partner as long as they help you feel better about yourself.

Who has time for toxic relationships? If someone isn’t honoring your feelings, it’s not a real relationship. If you feel drained after spending time with someone, that’s a red flag!

Clutter is not just physical stuff. It’s old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self.

Know your worth and please don’t invest in toxic people or relationships, because any bond that requires servicing is not worth your time.

If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end, low vibrational, relationship or friendship – you won.

Release the toxic and infectious spreaders of misery, souls destroying souls and poisonous liars. Awaken from the hallucinations and take back your heart. Reclaim your self-esteem and leave the toxic be.

Ego is probably one of the biggest poisons we can have – it’s toxic to any environment.

Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.

A real relationship is two-way.

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

Real relationships – the kind that were supposed to last but never did – were more trouble than they were worth.

A good friend will help you to discover the potentials you haven’t uncovered. A bad friend will help you to cover up the potentials you have already recovered. Make your choice!

Just say NO to complicated, dead-end, unhealthy, and toxic relationships.

As you begin to walk away from negativity and toxic people, it will inspire you to embrace positivity and your life will become more rewarding and fulfilling.

You take your power back by letting people go.

Don’t confuse “familiar” with “acceptable”. Toxic relationships can fool you like that.

Cut the toxic ties that force you to mask your true feelings.

You are in control of your life. Set new boundaries by removing all of the toxic people from your inner circle.

Toxicity at work, relationship or in life works as a slow poison which often ends its survivors as disillusioned or embittered.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

At some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.

When dealing with toxic people, they always choose distance over disrespect.

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.

Just because you forgive someone, doesn’t mean they’re not still toxic. You’re allowed to not rebuild relationships… You’re allowed to just forgive and move on.

The creative process is lost in a toxic environment. The risk of staying is too great because in it you may never reach your full destiny.

The hardest part of being in an emotionally abusive relationship, it’s actually admitting you’re in one.

I felt an inner peace and softness. My Berlin Wall had been cracked; the toxic relationship between me and that critical voice had been severed.

Sometimes it’s better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.

Manage your relationships. Great relationships may not be profitable, but bad ones always result in losses.

When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on “stuff negative notions, toxic relationships, and situations from the past.

Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless. But you’re not worthless. You’re underappreciated.

How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego.

So it’s true when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

You flew off with the wings of my heart and left me flightless.

You cannot heal in the same place where you got sick.

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.

A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want, but it won’t go anywhere.

You have to believe that you’re better than the fountain of abuse that’s been spewing hurt and pain at you. You just are.

A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

Problems in relationships occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person.

Unhealthy relationships often develop into love-hate relationships.

We don’t have a love/hate relationship! We have a hate/hate relationship.

Now I was in a real bad abusive relationship / Knowing that, that was no way for me to live.

It’s amazing how you can not only know it’s a relationship, but that it’s a bad relationship based on nothing but nothing.

Some couples, of course, are better off splitting up, but far too many of them sabotage a relationship that could have worked.

This is so all bad, nothing good can come from this / Sweet but sad, I don’t know love ruins a relationship / It will never last but it feels so good, guess I gotta deal with it.

We are all potentially demons to each other, but some close relationships are saved from this fate.

You see, I’ve had some bad relationships already and / I’ve fooled around goin’ steady / But this time when I reach out, it may be my last try.

There is no in between, we all have to touch our own bottom.

Some relationships just move from one unresolved conflict to another.

What’s broken is broken, and I’d rather remember it as it was than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.

Toxic people will not be changed by the alchemy of your kindness. Yes, be kind, but move on swiftly and let life be their educator.

Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end of your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.

When someone shows you their true colors, don’t try to paint a different picture.

Don’t let toxic people infect your day. Acknowledge the infection and work to heal it, but don’t let the person who caused it hold any power in your life.

Toxic relationships are like good pasta that has been overcooked.

Removing yourself from a toxic relationship is self-care, and that is not selfish.

When you leave a toxic relationship, you’re not leaving something behind. You’re moving towards something. Towards healing, happiness, and a fulfilling life.

If the person you’re in a relationship with is unfaithful or abusive, it’s not a sign that they don’t love you. It’s a sign that they don’t love themselves enough to treat you right.

Releasing toxic people from our lives is only allowing room for a new flow of positivity. You don’t have to toxic people for them to grow.

I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I am better than that. Goodbye!

Don’t allow someone who did you wrong to rob you of a better future by holding on to what happened.

Sometimes the person you’re most loyal to is the one who needs to go.

Don’t let a toxic person change how good you are.

Sometimes, the only way to save your sanity is to let go of a toxic relationship. Your well-being is worth more than holding on to something harmful.

You must be strong enough to know that love will come to you when you are ready. You must be strong enough to know when to say goodbye, and know that letting go is not weak.

Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

In a toxic relationship, love is a battlefield where wounds are inflicted with words, and scars are left on the soul.

Toxic relationships are like a poison slowly seeping into the veins of your happiness, eroding joy and leaving behind the residue of pain.

In toxic relationships, the only thing thriving is the chaos, and the only thing growing is the pain.

A toxic relationship is a silent killer, suffocating the spirit and extinguishing the light of hope.

The toxicity of a relationship can be measured by the weight of the emotional baggage it leaves behind.

In toxic relationships, love becomes a distorted reflection of what it should be, a funhouse mirror distorting reality into a distorted nightmare.

Toxic relationships are a breeding ground for emotional parasites, draining the life force from those entangled in their web.

The poison in a toxic relationship is not always visible; sometimes, it lies hidden in the subtle nuances of manipulation and control.

Toxic relationships are a slow death, where the spirit withers away, and the heart beats in sync with the pain.

A toxic relationship is a storm that leaves destruction in its wake, tearing down the foundations of trust, respect, and self-worth.