Relationship Quotes To Clear Your Mind

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Everybody’s talking about toxic relationships, but escaping one is easier said than done.

It takes a lot of courage and strength to leave a relationship that feels like an addiction, and I hope these toxic relationship quotes will help you with that.

When I said addiction, I meant it. Been there, felt that – more than once. Now, at the age of 33, I’m experiencing a healthy relationship for the first time in my life after a handful of toxic ones. So, we can say I’m an expert.

I know very well what it feels like to be addicted to someone who makes you miserable.

Even when you decide to leave to save that little sanity left, the moment they’re gone, you feel like a drug addict going through a drug withdrawal.

Relationships are supposed to add to our happiness, and this one is not quite fulfilling its purpose. However, bigger than discomfort and pain is fear. Fear of being abandoned, rejected, alone.

It’s not easy to get away from this vicious loop, but not impossible either.

These toxic relationship quotes that I’ve compiled will inspire you to take that scary first step toward your new happier life.

Have a look!

Top 10 Toxic Relationship Quotes

“Sometimes trying to fix them breaks you.” — Steve Maraboli
“Love should not make you feel like walking on eggshells.” ― Emma Xu
“I burned my bridges so the devil couldn’t follow me.” ― L.M. Browning
“Love cannot live where there is no trust.” — Edith Hamilton
“It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” ― Dr. Phil
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou
“Ego is probably one of the biggest poisons we can have – it’s toxic to any environment.” — Jonny Kim
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” — Laurell K. Hamilton
“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
“I have to remember it is not love that has hurt me, but someone who could not love me in the right way.” — R. YS Perez

Deep Meaningful Toxic Relationship Quotes

“While it may feel scary to be alone again, it may be even scarier to stay.” — unknown
“The one who loves the least controls the relationship.” — Robert Anthony
“The quiet but inexorable breaking down of self-esteem is much more sinister – it’s a violation of the soul.” — Rachel Abbott
“A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself.”― Dionne Warwick
“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
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.” — Robert Brault
“Toxic relationships are like good pasta that has been overcooked.” — Asa Don Brown
“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” — Ernest Hemingway
“You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.” — Mandy Hale
“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
“No matter how much a couple once loved each other, once emotional abuse becomes a consistent aspect of the relationship, that love is overshadowed by fear, anger, guilt, and shame.” — Beverly Engel
“Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of a real relationship.” — Henry Cloud
“The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man’s emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm.” ― Lundy Bancroft
“We survive by remembering. But sometimes we survive by forgetting.” — Silberling
“Medicines don’t come to the wound, only the flies do. We often get attached to people who pleasantly scratch our wounds.” — Shunya

Toxic Relationship Quotes For Him

“The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” ― Anthony Robbins
“Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“Know your worth, and please don’t invest in toxic people or relationships, because any bond that requires servicing is not worth your time.” — Masaba Gupta
“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 make me feel like a firefly. Trapped in a bell jar; starved for love.” — Ayushee Ghoshal
“If it is destroying you, it is not love.” — Unknown
“The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal.” — Astrid Alauda
“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
“The wrong person will give you less than what you’re worth, but that doesn’t mean that you have to accept it.” — Sonya Parker
“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
“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
“Don’t let your loyalty become slavery. If they don’t appreciate what you bring to the table, then let them eat alone.” — Jordan Hoechlin
“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
“I seem to be torn between ‘I wish we’d met earlier’ and ‘I wish we’d never met’.” — Ahmed Mostafa
“The only thing worse than being in a bad relationship for one year is being in it for a year and a day.” — Dr. Phil

Toxic Relationship Quotes For Her

“Maybe I fell in love with a version of him that didn’t exist.” — Namrata Gupta
“Just because someone desires you, does not mean that he values you.” — Julianne Cantarella
“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
“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.” — Marian Keyes
“Why do you think of him when you know he’s not thinking of you?” — Unknown
“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
“Every woman that finally figured out her worth has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.” — Shannon L. Alder
“He would hurt me and make the hurt my fault. So no matter who got hurt, I was to be blamed, always.” ― Namrata Gupta
“If you didn’t love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go.” ― Sarah Dessen
“All too often, women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly, we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm’s way.” — Bell Hooks
“I am done looking for love where it doesn’t exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.” — Maggie Young
“There are no deep enough husband hurting wife quotes that can comfort you once you’ve been left with a hole in your heart and a loud mess in your mind.” ― Lauren Levine
“It’s amazing how someone can break your heart, and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” — Ella Harper
“You not wanting me was the beginning of me wanting myself.” — Nayyirah Waheed
“Remove your heart from his hand. He is not man enough to care for it.” — R.H.Sin

Toxic Relationship Quotes To Spot The Toxic Pattern

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”― Friedrich Nietzsche
“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
“If you’re losing your mind, it’s not an epic other-worldly romance. You’re in a toxic relationship.” — Kirsten Hill
“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
“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
“If you’re giving love and not receiving it, you’re not in the right relationship. If you’re receiving it and not giving it, then you are taking advantage of the other person.” — Patti Stanger
“A healthy relationship doesn’t drag you down. It inspires you to be better.” — Unknown
“The toxic behaviors were there before you decided to enter into relationships with them. The signs were there. You may have chosen to look the other way, but the signs were there.” — P.A. Speers
“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
“Don’t confuse “familiar” with “acceptable”. Toxic relationships can fool you like that.” ― Steve Maraboli
“… you don’t have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.” — Jane Green
“What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing.” — Joseph Prince
“If a person always leaves you with mixed feelings, uncertainty, and an unsettled mind, you don’t need to place your energy there.” — Reyna Biddy
“Intimidation, even if it appears unintentional, is a sign that emotional abuse is on the way — or has already begun — and is a warning flag that physical violence may eventually follow.” — Lundy Bancroft
“When you realize that you’re constantly treating a person a lot better than they treat you, it’s time to make a change.” — Unknown

Inspirational Toxic Relationship Quotes To Help You Walk Away

“Cut the toxic ties that force you to mask your true feelings.” ― Linda Greyman
“Don’t light yourself on fire trying to brighten someone else’s existence.”― Charlotte Eriksson
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ― Ajahn Chah
“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
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” — Steve Maraboli
“If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end, low vibrational, relationship or friendship – you won.” — Lalah Delia
“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
“Just say NO to complicated, dead-end, unhealthy, and toxic relationships.” ― Stephanie Lahart
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” — Nicholas Sparks
“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 is no safe way to remain in a relationship with a person who has no conscience. The only solution is to escape.” — Unknown
“We all have toxic people around us that make our lives miserable… The day we take them out of our lives, we will all become better people; including them…” ― Rodolfo Peon
“Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” — Zig Ziglar
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — C.G. Jung
“Don’t let someone who did you wrong make you think there’s something wrong with you. Don’t devalue yourself because they didn’t value you. Know your worth even if they don’t.” — Trent Shelton

Eye-Opening Toxic People Quotes

“Letting go of toxic people is an act of self-care.” ― Karen Salmansohn
“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
“In order to reach your highest potential, it is imperative that you remove all negative people from your life.” ― Germany Kent
“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
“When dealing with toxic people, they always choose distance over disrespect.” ― Germany Kent
“Controllers, abusers and manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is them. They always say the problem is someone else.” – Darlene Ouimet
“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
“Toxic people condition you to believe the problem isn’t the abuse itself, but instead your reactions to their abuse.” — Unknown
“Emotional abuse is designed to undermine another’s sense of self. It is deliberate humiliation, with the intent to seize control of how others feel about themselves.” — Lorraine Nilon
“What I hate the most is when someone is lying and you know the truth. That is the only thing I simply can’t stand.” — Lauren Levine

Final Goodbye Toxic Relationship Quotes

“Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.”— Hussein Nishah
“When you get out of it, you realize how toxic it actually was.” — Steve Maraboli
“You take your power back by letting people go.” ― Emma Xu
“There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.” — Tennesse Williams
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” ― Eckhart Tolle
“Removing toxic people from your life isn’t the difficult part. Not feeling guilty about it is.” ― Unknown
“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
“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
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.” ― C. JoyBell C.
“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
“Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” ― Sharon Salzberg
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” ― C. JoyBell C.
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” — Mandy Hale
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” — Paulo Coelho
“One of the most courageous decisions you will ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” — Brigitte Nicole