Toxic Relationship Quotes For You To Let Go-Are you in a toxic relationship and you are struggling with yourself on how to leave that relationship?
Then you are lucky seeing this post as we have compiled a collection of toxic relationship quotes that will gear you up to make a move and quit that toxic relationship you are holding on to.
It is normal for relationships to have issues but when it comes to a toxic relationship, it doesn’t just get better.
It is not always easy to leave a toxic relationship especially when it is someone you truly love but for the fact that it is a toxic relationship, you will have to call it a quit and move on.
Before we proceed into our collection of toxic relationship quotes, we are going to show you some signs that you are in a toxic relationship.
What Is A Toxic Relationship?
A toxic relationship is one where you feel unloved, misunderstood, unsupported and sometimes attacked by your partner. Any relationship where you feel worse rather than better could become a toxic one.
According to Dr. Lillian Glass, she defined it as any relationship where the parties involved do not support each other, where there is a conflict and one seeks to undermine the other. She further said that in this relationship, there is competition, disrespect and lack of cohesiveness.
A toxic relationship is consistently unpleasant and draining for the people in it and here, the number of negative moments in the relationship is more than the number of positive moments.
Signs That A Relationship Is Toxic
The thing is that it is only you that knows if the bad in your relationship outweighs the good. Toxic relationships are known to involve physical or verbal abuse.
Below are some signs that your relationship is toxic and that you have to call it a quit:
- You give more than you’re getting, which makes you feel devalued and depleted.
- You feel consistently disrespected or that your needs aren’t being met.
- You feel a toll on your self-esteem over time.
- You are not your best self around the person. For example, they bring out the gossipy side of you, or they seem to draw out a mean streak you don’t normally have.
- You feel like you have to walk on eggshells around this person to keep from becoming a target of their venom.
- You spend a lot of time and emotional strength trying to cheer them up.
- You are always to blame. They turn things around so things you thought they had done wrong are suddenly your fault.
- You feel unsupported, misunderstood, demeaned, or attacked.
- You feel depressed, angry, or tired after speaking or being with the other person.
- You bring out the worst in each other. For example, your competitive friend brings out a spite-based competitive streak that is not enjoyable for you.
Quotes That Shows That A Relationship Is Toxic
In addition to the signs of a toxic relationship we have listed above, here are some quotes that talks about signs of a toxic relationship.
“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. ― Shahida Arabi
“Removing toxic people (including Naysayers) from your life can repay you in scores of holistic wealth.” ― Keisha Blair
“If they are not making you glow, glow alone.” – Unknown
“A healthy relationship doesn’t drag you down. It inspires you to be better.”-Unknown
“Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows.” –Unknown
“A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dream, or your dignity.” –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
“Love should not make you feel like walking on eggshells.”– Emma Xu
“If you keep pretending you’re not hurt, how can you heal? True love doesn’t expect you to deny you’re in pain.” ― Zara Hairston
“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.” ― Steve Maraboli
“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.” ― Christine E. Szymanski
“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.” ― Winnie Nantongo
“Remove yourself from people who treat you like your time doesn’t matter, like your feelings are worthless, or like your soul is replaceable.” – s.mcnutt
“They’ll stab you in the lungs and then ask why you’re having trouble breathing.” – her-minds-a-mess
“He would hurt me and make the hurt my fault. So no matter who got hurt, I was to be blamed, always.” ― Namrata Gupta
“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.” ― Dexter A. Daniels
“Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.” ― Frank Sonnenberg,
Top Toxic Relationship Quotes to Free Yourself
A lot of people stay in a toxic relationship for a lot of reasons like love, compassion, money and others but the thing is that you need to make a move and call it a quit before it results to something else.
Here are some toxic relationship quotes to free yourself from that toxic relationship:
“No partner in a love relationship… should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.” – May Sarton
“You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their actions.”—Unknown
“You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life —Daniell Koepke
“While it may feel scary to be alone again, it may be even scarier to stay.” – Unknown
“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone” – Robin Williams
“Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked.” ― Asa Don Brown
“Don’t light yourself on fire trying to brighten someone else’s existence.” ― Charlotte Eriksson
“There are people who bring you down, by just being them” – Malebo Sephodi
“Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life, you will never be able to grow into your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow.” —DLQ
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” -Steve Maraboli
“A wrong relationship will make you feel more alone than when you were single.” – Unknown
“There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you’ve had enough.” – Unknown
“Don’t force someone to make time for you, if they really want to they will.” – Unknown
“If they don’t appreciate you, they don’t deserve you.” – Unknown
“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.” -Terry Mark
“If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end, low vibrational, relationship or friendship – you won.” – Lalah Delia
“How many times do you need to get hurt for you to realize it’s time to let go.” – Unknown
“Sometimes you have to kiss a few frogs to find a prince.” – Unknown
“Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.” ― Atticus
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.”—Hussein Nishah
“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
“You are not a rehab. It’s not your job to fix everyone.” – Unknown
“Some people don’t want to be fixed because being broken gets them attention.” – Unknown
“Stop setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.” ― Unknown
“A toxic relationship keeps dragging you down. It never helps you in becoming better.” – Unknown
“Never let someone who contributes so little to a relationship control so much of it.” – Unknown
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
“You cannot thrive in toxic relationships.” – Unknown
“Until you let go of all the toxic people in your life, you will never be able to grow into your fullest potential. Let them go so you can grow.” – DLQ
“A healthy relationship doesn’t drag you down. It inspires you to be better.” – Unknown
“The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.” – Robert Anthony
“Sometimes you need to give up on people, not because you don’t care but because they don’t.” – Unknown
“Being alone may scare you, but being in a bad relationship may damage you.” – Unknown
“Just because someone desires you, does not mean that he values you.” – Unknown
“You can’t alter someone who doesn’t see a problem with what they’re doing.” – Unknown
“You can’t change someone who doesn’t want to be changed.” -Unknown
“Don’t let your loyalty become slavery.” – Unknown
“Toxic people spread their toxin to you and then you, in turn, become a wasteland like they are.”—Body Focus
“Sometimes you have to accept the truth and stop wasting time on the wrong people.”—Unknown
“People hold onto the wrong person because they think that person has the potential to be a better person.” -Sonya Parker
“Love cannot live where there is no trust.” -Edith Hamilton
“Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on.” –Unknown
“You gotta stop watering dead plants.” –Unknown
“Don’t force together pieces that won’t fit.” –Unknown
“Mental abuse is much more painful than physical abuse because you are consumed by your own thoughts.” –Unknown
At some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life. – Educated, Tara Westover
“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
“A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.” ― Dionne Warwick
“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
“You have to speak to be heard, but sometimes you have to be silent to be appreciated.”—Unknown
Toxic Relationship Quotes To Inspire You To Move On
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermen Hesse
“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.
“Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.”—Unknown
“Bravery is leaving a toxic relationship and knowing that you deserve better.” – 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
“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“It is better to break your own heart once than having someone breaking it every day.”-Unknown
“The best way to move forward is to let go of the people holding you back.”—Unknown
“Just because you want it, doesn’t mean it’s for you. Letting go doesn’t always equate to losing.” –Unknown
“You cannot change the past but you can change the way you look upon it. So treat the bad as a lesson and move on.” –Unknown
“Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” -Oprah Winfrey
“You’re in a relationship to be happy, to smile, to laugh, and to make good memories. Not to constantly be upset, to feel hurt, and to cry.” –Unknown
“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
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” –Unknown
“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?” ― Karen Salmansohn
“A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.” – Dionne Warwick
“The moment that you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do.” – Unknown
“Leaving a toxic relationship means giving yourself an opportunity to understand your needs.” – Unknown
“It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” – Phil McGraw
“When your ex says “You’ll never find anyone like me.” Just smile and reply “That’s the point.” – Unknown
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” – Hussein Nishah
“Some of the most poisonous people come disguised as friends and family.”—Unknown
“The only people mad at you for speaking the truth are those living a lie.”—Unknown
“Removing toxic people from your life isn’t the difficult part. Not feeling guilty about it is.”—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
“No partner in a love relationship… should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.” ― May Sarton
“Relationships are supposed to make you feel good. Relationships are NOT supposed to make you feel bad. Or guilty, insecure, ashamed, paranoid, or hopeless. Good. So when a relationship makes you feel bad, guilty, insecure, ashamed, paranoid, or hopeless, end it.” – Laura Bowers
“Ending a toxic relationship often means beginning a new journey of self-reflection and self-care” – Unknown
“Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on.” – Unknown
“Better off alone than with someone who actually makes me always feel alone.” – Unknown
“You cannot thrive in toxic relationships.” –Unknown
“Being alone may scare you, but being in a bad relationship may damage you.” –Unknown
“You’ve got to be in a bad relationship to really understand what a great one is.” –Unknown
“I am one bad relationship away from having 30 cats.” –Unknown
“All relationships go through bad times, real relationships get through it.” –Unknown
“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.” ― Maggie Young
Quotes on Leaving a Toxic Relationship
Toxic relationships are unhealthy and make you feel less of yourself. Here are some quotes on leaving a toxic relationship and getting on with your life:
“I burned my bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me.” ― L.M. Browning
Don’t lose yourself holding on to someone that doesn’t care about you. –Unknown
Why do you think of him when you know he’s not thinking of you? –Unknown
“Ending an unhealthy relationship is not only courageous, but a monumental step in working towards a healthier relationship with yourself and others.” – Unknown
“Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.” – Unknown
“Breaking up with an unhealthy partner gives you space to get to know what you need in a relationship.” – Unknown
“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
“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
“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
“You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life.” ― Unknown
“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
“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” — Hussein Nishah
“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 seem to be torn between ‘I wish we’d met earlier’ and ‘I wish we’d never met’.” ― Ahmed Mostafa
“You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life.” – Unknown
“Remove toxic people out of your life” —Rachel Whitehurst
“I don’t hate you , I’m just disappointed you turned into everything you said you’d never be.” – 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 healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dream, or your dignity.” – Unknown
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” – Steve Maraboli
Quotes On How To Handle Toxic Relationships
Here, we have compiled a collection of quotes that will help you deal with toxic relationships:
“Sometimes you need to give up on people, not because you don’t care but because they don’t.” –Unknown
“It’s better to be single with high standards than in a relationship settling for less.” –Unknown
“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” ― Sharon Salzberg
“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen
“You take your power back by letting people go.” – Emma Xu
“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
“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
“Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I’m letting go. You let go a long time ago, and I realize that it is time for me to do the same.” – 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
“Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless. But you’re not worthless. You’re underappreciated.” – Steve Maraboli
“You’re in a relationship to be happy, to smile, to laugh, and to make good memories. Not to constantly be upset, to feel hurt, and to cry.” – Unknown
“Leaving a toxic relationship may be painful at first, but with time, you may feel as if a huge weight has been lifted.” – Unknown
“The only way to win with a toxic partner is not to play.” – Unknown
“You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
“Just say no to complicated, dead end, unhealthy, and toxic relationships.” – Stephanie Lahart
“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
Wise And Meaningful Toxic Relationship Quotes
“Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man.” ― Iris Murdoch
“How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others.” ― Anthon St. Maarten
“I know people can be awful dooms for each other.” ― Iris Murdoch
“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.
“We teach people how to treat us.” — Dr. Phil
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” ― Dr. Phil
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” ― Ella Harper
“It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.” ― Gabrielle Zevin
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ― C.G. Jung
One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” ― Michael J. Fox
“Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.” ― C. Kennedy
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” ― Robert Brault
“When you get out of it, you realize how toxic it actually was.” – Steve Maraboli
“Love cannot live where there is no trust.” – Edith Hamilton
“Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on.” – Unknown
“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.” –Terry Mark
“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.” – Giorge Leedy
“Ego is probably one of the biggest poisons we can have – it’s toxic to any environment.” – Jonny Kim
“Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” – Zig Ziglar
“A real relationship is two-way.” – Sophie Kinsella
“Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.” – Henry Cloud
“Real relationships – the kind that were supposed to last but never did – were more trouble than they were worth.” – Lauren Conrad
“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!” – Israelmore Ayivor
Frequently Asked Questions
A toxic relationship is an unhealthy relationship and here are some of its signs:
- Lack of supportEnvy or jealousyResentmentControlling behaviorsDishonestyNegative financial behavioursDisrespectToxic communication
Ending a toxic relationship is not really easy but you will certainly have to end it if at all you want to experience real happiness.You will have to gather the courage to tell your partner how you feel and that things need to change. Since you already know the signs of a toxic relationship, you should know that the only way you would be happy is to end the relationship.It would be futile sticking around and trying to change the person because you will only be hurting yourself.
This actually depends on the person and if they actually want to change. If you have addressed the toxic behavior with the person and they have taken it to heart, there is a possibility that they would change.
A toxic person is controlling. They always want to be in control. They may try to restrict you from communicating with your family or friends.When you find yourself
Final Note
Toxic relationships are like hell on earth and they are not romantic. They are not only found among lovers or couples as they can be in form of friendship or in families.
One problem people have is that they want someone else to admit that they hurt them and this is not always the case.
Toxic relationships are not healthy and so you have to call it a quit when you feel that you relationship is toxic.
Reference
- everydaypower.com – toxic relationships quotes that will encourage you to love yourselfhappierhuman.com – 65 toxic relationship quotes to free yourself today
- ourmindfullife.com – 45 toxic relationship quotes to let go and move on
- pairedlife.com- 25 inspirational quotes to help you end your toxic relationship
- semidelicatebalance.com – 25 best quotes about bad relationships to help you move on
- verywellmind.com – what is a toxic relationship
- time.com – how to tell if you’re in a toxic relationship — and what to do about it
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