Toxic relationships can be extremely difficult to end. These quotes will help give you the strength to let go of the negativity and love yourself. Letting go of friendships and relationships, even ones that have become toxic, is always difficult. But you really deserve to feel happy, healthy and loved. This is the most important to remember. Toxic personalities refuse to believe that they are contributing or that they are the problem.
Many people experience guilt after ending toxic friendships and relationships, especially if they have experienced psychological manipulations in those relationships. But remember: walking away from a situation that has made you actively feel unhappy and unhealthy is something to be proud of, not guilty. Read the following and let these quotes about toxic relationship to help you heal.
Toxic Relationship Quotes
Every relationship experiences ups and downs that, when managed, can help you enjoy a healthy romantic bond. But when things start to fall apart – for example, your partner is avoiding you or not giving you respect, there is a lack of trust, or you feel trapped or suffocated – then the relationship may have turned into a toxic relationship. If you need encouragement read down below toxic relationship quotes and cheer up. Remeber, you can change your life.
💔Toxic people attach themselves like cinder blocks tied to your ankles, and then invite you for a swim in their poisoned waters. John Mark Green
💔The person who doesn’t value you is blocking you from the one who will. Robert Tew
💔Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on. Unknown
💔Don’t light yourself on fire trying to brighten someone else’s existence. Charlotte Eriksson
💔Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows. Unknown
💔Just say no to complicated, dead end, unhealthy, and toxic relationships. Stephanie Lahart
💔Until a man gets himself heal, he will be toxic to every woman who tries to. Unknown
💔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. Autumn Kohler
💔Staying in an unhealthy relationship that robs you of peace of mind, is not being loyal. It is choosing to hurt yourself mentally, emotionally, and sometimes, physically. Kemi Sogunle
💔The moment that you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do. Unknown
💔Don’t lose yourself holding on to someone that doesn’t care about you. Unknown
💔A relationship controlled by ambiguity, jealousy, and control is not a relationship at all. Unknown
💔I know that it really hurts to move on but it hurts more to stay somewhere you aren’t appreciated, respected and loved. Unknown
💔It’s better to be single with high standards than in a relationship settling for less. Unknown
💔There are people who bring you down by just being them. They need not do anything. Malebo Sephodi
💔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. Nicholas Sparks
💔You are allowed to terminate toxic relationships. You are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself. Unknown
💔They’ll stab you in the lungs and then ask why you’re having trouble breathing. Unknown
💔We should fight for our relationships, but if fighting means ripping yourself to shreds and piggybacking all his demons, you need to leave. Tara Love
💔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. Joel Osteen
💔Don’t let your loyalty become slavery. Unknown
💔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. Erin Hanson
💔Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked. Asa Don Brown
💔If they are not making you glow, glow alone. Unknown
💔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. Dennisse Lisseth
💔A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself. Dionne Warwick
💔A healthy relationship doesn’t drag you down. It inspires you to be better. Unknown
💔Sometimes you need to give up on people, not because you don’t care but because they don’t. Unknown
💔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. Gift Gugu Mona
💔Remove yourself from people who treat you like your time doesn’t matter, like your feelings are worthless, or like your soul is replaceable. Unknown
💔Such a disappointment when you defend someone for so long thinking they are different and they turn out to be just like what everyone said. Unknown
💔You make me feel like a firefly. Trapped in a bell jar; starved for love. Ayushee Ghoshal
Toxic Relationship Quotes for Her
It’s not easy to get out of a relationship. But then, it is also true that you have to get it over with and get away from anything bad for you. These quotes can give you an idea of what it’s like to be in a toxic relationship and why it can be bad for those inside. Truer words have never been written. Toxic people hinder your growth and act as a dead weight in your progress, despite their outwardly projected words and actions. Cutting them free will give you room to grow and thrive, even if it doesn’t seem that way at first.
😢Why do you think of him when you know he’s not thinking of you? Unknown
😢You cannot fix him. He has been the same and won’t change now. Instead, try to save yourself and get out of the toxic relationship. Unknown
😢I am better than you and better without you. What are you without me? Chelsey Grace
😢I gave you my heart, I just didn’t expect to get it back in pieces. Unknown
😢He put me through hell, and I called it love. Unknown
😢Give your time to let him go! Your heart will hurt at first but eventually it understands. Unknown
😢My mouth says, ‘I’m ok.’ My fingers text, ‘I’m fine.’ My heart says, ‘I’m broken.’ Unknown
😢I love when I see women go from such toxic, unhealthy relationships to now being with someone who adores and treats her like a queen! Unknown
😢I don’t want a toxic on and off love. I want someone who choose me everyday, even when I’m hard to deal with. Unknown
😢All the lies and pain you put me through, I know now that your love was never true. Unknown
😢Never let someone who contributes to so little control so much. Unknown
😢Just because someone desires you, does not mean that he values you. Unknown
😢It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could. Gabrielle Zevin
😢Stop telling yourself you can fix him. He’s been this way for a long, long time and he doesn’t intend to change. Don’t be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of his rage. Don’t play the martyr to his hate. You can never save someone by letting them destroy you. That’s not love, it’s relational suicide. Save yourself instead. Get out while there’s still time. John Mark Green
😢Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man. Iris Murdoch
😢You’ll never see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air. Unknown
😢You think you can change a guy, that he’ll be different with you, that you’ll finally be the one to tame him… and before you know it, you’re alone in your underwear at nine o’clock on a Saturday night, crying to Adele songs, eating ice cream straight from the gallon, and wondering what the hell is the matter with you that you fell for such a goddamned man-child after he explicitly warned you not to. Julie Johnson
😢Some people don’t want to be fixed because being broken gets them attention. Unknown
😢You’ll never be good enough for the wrong person. Steph Social
😢Be brave enough to say “This is not what I want. Unknown
😢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. Kirsten Corley
😢Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and get yourself together. Unknown
😢You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in his actions. Unknown
😢There is no safe way to remain in a relationship with a person who has no conscience. The only solution is to escape. Unknown
😢Words can lie. Actions don’t. Unknown
😢But he doesn’t love me anymore, and it’s not the end of the world. Jennifer Weiner
😢Hands that never touch. Lips that never meet. The Almost Lovers, never to be. Rae Hachton
😢If your partner makes you lose your friends, family, self-esteem, happiness, and confidence, then you should lose him. Unknown
😢Lose him when he treats you like his girlfriend behind closed doors and sees right past you in public. Liane White
😢Letting go of a toxic boyfriend is an act of self-care. Unknown
Toxic Relationship Quotes for Him
We all can become toxic at some point or in certain relationships. In reality, rather than referring to toxic people, it would be more appropriate to refer to toxic relationships in which the emotional anguish due to the attitudes assumed prevails. In these cases, you have every right to say “I don’t want toxic people in my life,” especially if these people end up damaging your self-esteem, making you feel inferior or causing such tension that the air becomes heavy and unhealthy. Read down below the toxic relationship quotes for him and make the best decision for you.
😞Your love was awesome. It came quickly and left effortlessly. Unknown
😞Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us. Sharon Salzberg
😞A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want, but it won’t go anywhere. Michael J Herbert
😞Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. Criss Jami
😞You let go of a toxic and unhealthy relationship not because you are weak, not because you no longer love the other person, but because you are strong enough to understand that there are times when two people will be a lot happier if they go separate ways than if they stay together. Unknown
😞Toxic people may try to isolate you from the rest of the world, making them “the only one you have”. And that’s why to leave a toxic relationship, we have to rebuild the connection with your support network. Unknown
😞If your partner is suspicious of your every act, you should start thinking about your relationship. Unknown
😞A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel. Shakti Gawain
😞If you’re giving your all and it’s not enough, you’re probably giving it to the wrong relationship. Unknown
😞The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. Ernest Hemingway
😞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. Angel Moreira
😞You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. Joel Osteen
😞Stop worrying if you will never be able to find another one as good as them. Start practicing self-love. When you love yourself enough, it will be easier to cut off people that aren’t good enough for you. Unknown
😞I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. C.G. Jung
😞I know it’s over and it never really began, but in my heart, it was so real. Unknown
😞Sometimes the best revenge is to smile and move on. Unknown
😞There must come a time when your love for yourself becomes more important than your need to hold onto the pain of your past. Karen Salmansohn
😞I miss how close we were. But I don’t regret it. Unknown
😞Let go of those who are already gone. Unknown
😞Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. Steve Maraboli
😞Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on. Germany Kent
😞It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else. Phil McGraw
😞It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could. Gabrielle Zevin
😞The damage isn’t caused in just one day. Give yourself plenty of time to heal and move on. Pack your things. Stop blaming yourself. Delete the photos. Change your number. Take small steps one at a time. Unknown
😞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! Israelmore Ayivor
😞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. Daniell Koepke
😞Keep in mind that being happily single is way better than being miserable in a relationship. Unknown
😞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. Don Bolena Jr
😞Perhaps someday I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow. Unknown
😞It hurts like hell. And then one day, it doesn’t. Unknown
😞Sometimes bad things fall apart so good things can fall together. Unknown
😞Thinking of you is a poison I drink often. Atticus
😞Don’t allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. Donna Lynn Hope
😞Relationships end too soon because people stop putting in the same effort to keep you, as they did to win you. Unknown
😞It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
😞You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life. Unknown
😞If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. Unknown
😞I burned my bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me. L.M. Browning
😞You survived the worst part. You’re going to survive the recovery. Unknown
😞Problems in relationships occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person. Wayne Dyer
😞If someone is treating you like you are nothing, you should become nothing in their life by leaving. Unknown
😞The problem with getting attached to a wrong person is, when they leave, you just feel lost. Unknown
😞The best way to move forward is to let go of the people holding you back. Unknown
😞Sometimes you need to die a little inside in order to be reborn and thrive. Unknown
😞When you get out of it, you realize how toxic it actually was. Steve Maraboli
😞Relationships are supposed to make you feel good. Relationships are not supposed to make you feel bad. Or guilty, insecure, ashamed, paranoid, or hopeless. So when a relationship makes you feel bad, guilty, insecure, ashamed, paranoid, or hopeless. End it. Get over him. Move on. Laura Bowers
😞Mental abuse is much more painful than physical abuse because you are consumed by your own thoughts. Unknown
😞We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship. Harville Hendrix
😞Bravery is leaving a toxic relationship and knowing that you deserve better. Unknown
😞With all the smiles you brought me, I never thought that you could cause me so many tears. Unknown
😞I seem to be torn between ‘I wish we’d met earlier’ and ‘I wish we’d never met’. Ahmed Mostafa
😞Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you. C. Kennedy
😞Escaping a toxic relationship can feel like breaking a piece of your heart off; like a wolf chews its leg off to escape a steel trap. Leaving is never easy, but sometimes it’s necessary to save yourself and others from dying inside. Unknown
😞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. Reyna Biddy
😞Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life you will never be able to grow to your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow. Unknown
😞The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it. Unknown
😞May you reach that level within, where you no longer allow your past or people with toxic intentions to negatively affect or condition you. Lalah Delia
😞There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go. Jessica Hatchigan
😞Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself. Oprah Winfrey
😞How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others. Anthon St. Maarten
😞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… Rodolfo Peon
😞Stop making excuses for toxic partners. If you truly love someone for who they are, will you threaten them to make them stay? Will you keep cheating on them? Will you deliberately try to bring them down? If the answer is no, it’s time to stop justifying their toxic behaviors in the name of love. Unknown
😞We teach people how to treat us. Dr. Phil
😞If love can fade, so can pain. Unknown
😞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. Thich Nhat Hanh
😞Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. Robert Brault
😞You broke my heart, I tried living with it. And then you broke my trust. That my dear is not acceptable. Unknown
😞There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go. Tennesse Williams
😞When you don’t sleep peacefully in a relationship, you should come out of it and try it. Unknown
😞Being single is better than being in the wrong relationship. Unknown
😞A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future. Karen Salmansohn
😞There are many paths to a fairytale ending… Blocking, unfollowing, muting, and unfriending also lead to “happily ever after”. Unknown
😞Stop wasting your time on people who treat you good one day, then act like you don’t exist the next day. Unknown
😞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. Sara Li
😞When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out. Rev. Donna Mulvey
😞You don’t let go of a bad relationship because you stop caring about them. You let go because you start caring about yourself. Charles Orlando
😞You would not believe this but someday, you will realize that ending it was for the better of us. Unknown
😞One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
