140 Toxic Relationship Quotes Unveiling the Painful Truth

Toxic relationships can be emotionally draining, mentally exhausting, and sometimes even physically harmful. These relationships often leave individuals feeling trapped, helpless, and confused. As a way to shed light on the painful reality of toxic relationships, many have turned to quotes as a means of expressing their experiences and emotions. In this article, we’ll explore some powerful toxic relationship quotes that resonate with the struggles and hardships faced by those who have endured toxic connections.

Toxic Relationship Quotes

1. “Toxic relationships are good for nothing, it’s always better to move on.” ~ Invajy

2. “Stop setting yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.” ~ Anonymous

3. “Letting go of toxic people in your life is self-care.” ~ Invajy

4. “In true relationship, mistakes can be forgiven not the trickery.” ~ Invajy

5. “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

6. “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
7. “Don’t be too much possessive in relationship, it will ruin the entire connection.” ~ Invajy
8. “In toxic relationships, apologies become weapons and forgiveness becomes a trap.” ~ James Adams
9. “Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked.” ~ Asa Don Brown
10. “Toxic relationships are a toxic cocktail of insecurity, control, and emotional abuse.” ~ Ethan Davis

Quotes on Toxic Relationship

11. “I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.” ~ Taylor Swift
12. “Just say NO to complicated, dead-end, unhealthy, and toxic relationships.” ~ Stephanie Lahart
13. “Don’t confuse “familiar” with “acceptable”. Toxic relationships can fool you like that.” ~ Steve Maraboli
14. “Cut the toxic ties that force you to mask your true feelings.” ~ Linda Greyman
15. “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.” ~ Penny De Villiers
16. “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
17. “Toxic relationships are like tornadoes; they leave a trail of destruction in their wake.” ~ Oliver Thompson
18. “Love should never require you to sacrifice your happiness or identity.” ~ Emily Adams
19. “Toxic relationships drain your energy, leaving you feeling depleted and empty.” ~ Grace Mitchell
20. “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.” ~ Eleanor Brown

Poisonous Relationship Quotes

21. “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
22. “Thinking of you is a poison I drink often.” ~ Atticus
23. “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
24. “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
25. “Ego is probably one of the biggest poisons we can have – it’s toxic to any environment.” ~ Jonny Kim
26. “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
27. “A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.” ~ Dionne Warwick
28. “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
29. “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
30. “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

Toxic Relationship Quotes

31. “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
32. “A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future.” ~ Karen Salmansohn
33. “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
34. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” ~ Sharon Salzberg
35. “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.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten
36. “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
37. “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
38. “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
39. “Don’t allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts.” ~ Donna Lynn Hope
40. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Sayings about Toxic Relationships

41. “If relationship become too much painful, better to say NO and move ahead. Someone better is waiting for you.” ~ Invajy
42. “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
43. “I burned my bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me.” ~ L.M. Browning
44. “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
45. “You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life.” ~ Anonymous
46. “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
47. 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
48. “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
49. “Oh what an ill fate it was that has made me love that man.” ~ Iris Murdoch
50. “How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten

Quotes about Toxic Relationship

51. “I know people can be awful dooms for each other.” ~ Iris Murdoch
52. “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.
53. “We teach people how to treat us.” ~ Dr. Phil
54. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
55. “It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” ~ Dr. Phil
56. “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
57. “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” ~ Ella Harper
58. “It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.” ~ Gabrielle Zevin
59. “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.” ~ C. JoyBell C.
60. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ~ C.G. Jung

Short Quotes on Toxic Relationship

61. “Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.” ~ C. Kennedy
62. “A broken heart bleeds tears.” ~ Steve Maraboli
63. “The hottest love has the coldest end.” ~ Socrates
64. “Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.” ~ Wayne Dyer
65. “Sometimes, we just fall in love with the wrong people.” ~ Anonymous
66. “We’ve all loved someone way too freaking much.” ~ Karen Salmonsohn
67. “A toxic lover is someone damaged beyond repair.” ~ Anonymous
68. “The only way to win with a toxic partner is not to play.” ~ Anonymous
69. “The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.” ~ Robert Anthony
70. “When you get out of it, you realize how toxic it actually was.” ~ Steve Maraboli

Toxic Relationship Letting Go Quotes

71. “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
72. “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
73. “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” ~ Edith Hamilton
74. “Don’t stay in an unhealthy relationship because you think it’ll get better eventually. Know your worth and move on.” ~ Anonymous
75. “You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.” ~ Mandy Hale
76. “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.” ~ Steve Maraboli
77. “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ~ Steve Maraboli
78. “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
79. “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
80. “Break free of toxic people and relationships, they erode your quality of life.” ~ Anonymous

Toxic Relationship Quotes

81. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” ~ Robert Brault
82. “Just because someone desires you, does not mean that he values you.” ~ Julianne Cantarella
83. “Removing toxic people (including Naysayers) from your life can repay you in scores of holistic wealth.” ~ Keisha Blair
84. “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
85. “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
86. “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
87. “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
88. One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” ~ Michael J. Fox
89. “In order to reach your highest potential, it is imperative that you remove all negative people from your life.” ~ Germany Kent
90. “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

Unhealthy Relationship Quotes

91. “Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.” ~ Frank Sonnenberg
92. “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.” ~ Mandy Hale
93. “Even if toxic people are right about what is “good,” they are wrong if the approach is not healthy.” ~ John Lewis Lund
94. “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
95. “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.” ~ Robin S. Sharma
96. “In toxic relationships, the broken heart cries for freedom while the mind clings to the familiar pain.” ~ Matthew Williams
97. “A toxic relationship is a constant battle for power, leaving both parties wounded and exhausted.” ~ Liam Anderson
98. “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.” ~ Travis Bradberry
99. “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.” ~ Mark Manson
100. “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!” ~ Doreen Virtue

Quotes on Bad Relationship

101. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end, low vibrational, relationship or friendship – you won.” ~ Lalah Delia
102. “Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” ~ Zig Ziglar
103. “It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.” ~ Anthony Storr
104. “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.” ~ William P. Young
105. “A real relationship is two-way.” ~ Sophie Kinsella
106. “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
107. “Real relationships – the kind that were supposed to last but never did – were more trouble than they were worth.” ~ Lauren Conrad
108. “Moving on from a toxic relationship is like shedding an old skin; painful, yet necessary for growth.” ~ Mia Carter
109. “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
110. “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.” ~ Germany Kent

Toxic Relationships Quotes

111. “You take your power back by letting people go.” ~ Emma Xu
112. “You are in control of your life. Set new boundaries by removing all of the toxic people from your inner circle.” ~ Germany Kent
113. “Toxic relationships are like walking through a field of broken glass; every step is painful, leaving scars that may never heal.” ~ Alex Turner
114. “In a toxic relationship, love is war where wounds outnumber victories.” ~ Sarah Wilson
115. “At some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” ~ Tara Westover
116. “When dealing with toxic people, they always choose distance over disrespect.” ~ Germany Kent
117. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” ~ Paulo Coelho
118. “Overcoming abuse doesn’t just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” ~ Assunta Harris
119. “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.” ~ Germany Kent
120. “The hardest part of being in an emotionally abusive relationship, it’s actually admitting you’re in one.” ~ Anna Akana

Quotes for a Bad Relationship

121. “Don’t light yourself on fire trying to brighten someone else’s existence.” ~ Charlotte Eriksson
122. “Sometimes it’s better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.” ~ Karen Salmansohn
123. “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.” ~ Darren Johnson
124. “How starved you must have been that my heart became a meal for your ego.” ~ Amanda Torroni
125. “So it’s true when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.” ~ E. A. Bucchianeri
126. “You flew off with the wings of my heart and left me flightless.” ~ Stelle Atwater
127. “You cannot heal in the same place where you got sick.” ~ William Goldman
128. “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
129. “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
130. “Problems in relationships occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person.” ~ Wayne Dyer

Toxic Relationship Quotes

131. “Unhealthy relationships often develop into love-hate relationships.” ~ H. Norman DMin Wright
132. “We don’t have a love/hate relationship! We have a hate/hate relationship.” ~ Arne Olsen
133. “Now I was in a real bad abusive relationship / Knowing that, that was no way for me to live.” ~ Robert S. Kelly
134. “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.” ~ David Shore
135. “Some couples, of course, are better off splitting up, but far too many of them sabotage a relationship that could have worked.” ~ John Tierney
136. “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.” ~ Kimberly Pate
137. “We are all potentially demons to each other, but some close relationships are saved from this fate.” ~ Iris Murdoch
138. “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.” ~ Phoebe Snow
139. “There is no in between, we all have to touch our own bottom.” ~ Liz Thebart
140. “Some relationships just move from one unresolved conflict to another.” ~ H. Norman DMin Wright

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