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    Audrey BakerBy Audrey BakerJanuary 25, 2023No Comments38 Mins Read Karma
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    Are you tired of being treated poorly by others? Do you feel like you can’t take it anymore? If so, then you need to read these quotes about toxic people! These quotes will help you stand up to negativity and finally start living your life the way you want to. Don’t let anyone else control your life – stand up for yourself and be strong.

    Contents

    • Toxic People Quotes
    • Quotes About Toxic Relationships
    • Quotes About Toxic Friends
    • Negative People Quotes
    • Wrapping Up

    Toxic People Quotes

    1. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
    2. “Unhappy people can be very dangerous, don’t forget that.” – S.E. Lynes
    3. “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” – Lucille Ball
    4. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
    5. Surround yourself with people who talk about visions and ideas, not other people.
    6. You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang around with negative people.
    7. “Beware of those around you who subtly sow the seeds of doubt.” – Wayne Gerard Trotman
    8. It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.
    9. “Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds.” – Moosa Rahat
    10. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.” – Mandy Hale
    11. “Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” – Hussein Nishah
    12. Learn from the toxic people in your life. They have shown you exactly who you do not want to be.
    13. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace
    14. It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life. — Robert Tew
    15. Don’t expect to see positive changes in your life if you surround yourself with negative people.– Robert Tew
    16. “There are many good seeds in you. Therefore you must avoid every bad soil in the world.” – Israelmore Ayivor
    17. “Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.” – Frank Sonnenberg
    18. “While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it.” – Anonymous
    19. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
    20. “Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
    21. If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. ― Michael Jordan
    22. “We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us.” – P.A. Speers
    23. “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
    24. “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
    25. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – Michael Jordan
    26. “People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.” – Dan Pearce
    27. “Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.” – Leon Brown
    28. “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise L. Hay
    29. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” – Sharon Salzberg
    30. “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
    31. “There’s folks you just don’t need. You’re better off without em. Your life is just a little better because they ain’t in it.” – William Gay
    32. “Be thankful for all the difficult people in your life and learn from them. They have shown you exactly who you do not want to be.” – Unknown
    33. “Don’t ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is still happening even on days you may not realize it or feel like it.” – Lalah Delia
    34. “Life is short. Don’t waste it with negative people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your heart but keep them out of your life.” – Anonymous
    35. “A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they’ve trusted take responsibility, and that is what’s toxic.” – Hannah Gadsby
    36. “Everybody has bad relationships, and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship.” – Anne Hathaway
    37. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.” – Dave Pelzer
    38. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” – Harvey Fierstein
    39. “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
    40. “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
    41. “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber
    42. “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
    43. “You don’t have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.” – Joyce Rachelle
    44. “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.
    45. “We all have those 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
    46. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” – Goi Nasu
    47. “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 Quimet
    48. “If a person finds negative people in his life, then he needs to mend his own nature than that of others, for his own basic grounding decides the level of acidic or toxicity surrounding him.” – Anuj Somany
    49. “If a person finds negative people in his life, then he needs to mend his own nature than that of others, for his own basic grounding decides the level of acidic or toxicity surrounding him.” – Anuj Somany
    50. “We don’t get to choose our family, but we can choose our friends. With courage, we can weed out narcissistic people. We can focus on those who do appreciate us, love us, and treat us with respect.” – Dana Arcuri
    51. “Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.” – Israelmore Ayivor
    52. “The friends who would forsake you for choosing to live a positive life would also leave you if you find yourself going through some painful consequences due to some negative decisions and actions.” – Edmond Mbiaka
    53. “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.” – Joel Osteen
    54. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” – Lao-Tzu
    55. “Let go of negative people. They only show up to share complaints, problems, disastrous stories, fear, and judgment on others. If somebody is looking for a bin to throw all their trash into, make sure it’s not in your mind.” – Dalai Lama
    56. If you want more advice that will help you to let go and begin again without toxic friends, a family member that drags you down mentally or other poisonous people then you may find these quotes on new beginnings + my 5 favorite tips for a fresh start helpful.
    57. “What’s more toxic than what they have done, think, or have said about you is how you let your mind receive it. In a world as ours filled with so much noise and hate, what suffers the most is our minds. Know when to keep your mind shut!” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
    58. “I found peace of mind when I walked away from small fights not worth fighting. I stopped fighting for people who gossiped about me. I stopped fighting for those who didn’t respect me. I quit worrying about those who wouldn’t value me for being me.” – Dana Arcuri
    59. “I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.” – Kristen Neff
    60. “My father once said, ‘If you’re in the desert and you’re dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?’ I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.” – Nicolas Cage
    61. “Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can’t buy more hours. Scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.” – Denis Waitley
    62. “It’s rare for a toxic person to change their behavior. More often, the only thing that varies is their target and the blame they place. Because some toxic people are difficult to identify, keep in mind that a victim mindset is sometimes a red flag. So, listen when someone talks about their life and circumstances. If the list of people they blame is long… it’s probably only a matter of time before you’re on that list.” – Steve Maraboli

    Quotes About Toxic Relationships

    1. The only way to win with a toxic person is not to play.
    2. “I know people can be awful dooms for each other.” ― Iris Murdoch
    3. “Sometimes you don’t get closure, you just move on.” – Karen Salmansohn
    4. “Never rely on another person to make you feel whole.” – Karen Salmansohn
    5. “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.” – Lucille Ball
    6. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey
    7. The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become.
    8. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself.” – Oprah Winfrey
    9. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
    10. “Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.” – Wayne L. Misner
    11. While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it.
    12. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.” – Cheryl Strayed
    13. “The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.” – Robert E. Baine, Jr.
    14. “They like you more when you don’t challenge them. They prefer to have an upper hand over you.” – Mitta Xinindlu
    15. “There are people who break you down by just being them. They need not do anything. Dissociate.” – Malebo Sephodi
    16. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Will Smith
    17. Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you. – Christian Baloga
    18. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
    19. “Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
    20. “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
    21. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” — Karen E. Quinones Miller
    22. “When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” – Karen E. Quinones Miller
    23. “People who try to bring you down every day aren’t important in your life, so you better treat their opinions as such.” – Terry Mark
    24. “Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” – Roy T. Bennett
    25. “An oppressive nature is like inclement weather, surrounding others and crushing them down with its infectious gloom.” ― Stewart Stafford
    26. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.” – John Mark Green
    27. “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
    28. “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.” – Margaret Mitchell
    29. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end low vibrational relationship or friendship — you won.” – Lalah Delia
    30. “Stack all the rocks you want, but if you don’t let go of the toxic people and behaviors in your life, nothing will change.” – Steve Maraboli
    31. “Don’t let toxic people infect you with the fear of giving and receiving one of the most powerful forces in this world… LOVE!” – Yvonne Pierre
    32. “Look around you at the people you spend the most time with and realize that your life can’t rise any higher than your friendships.” – Mandy Hale
    33. “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you.” – Karl Lagerfeld
    34. “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.
    35. “Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.” – Beau Taplin
    36. “There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.” – Unknown
    37. “Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?” – Leo Buscaglia
    38. “Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor
    39. “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits – anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” – Kim McMillen
    40. “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
    41. “Let go of negative people. They only show up to share complaints, problems, disastrous stories, fear, and judgment on others. If somebody is looking for a bin to throw all their trash into, make sure it’s not in your mind.” – Dalai Lama
    42. “I am worth more than these excuses. I am worth more than this inconsistent, unhealthy, disappointing dynamic. I am worthy of finding someone that is never going to allow us to settle into this toxic, distorted version of love.” – Liz Newman
    43. “The people in your life will either help you shake hands with yourself or they’ll teach you what you don’t want. Everyone, eventually, does one or the other. All pain transforms to learning. All love transforms to self-awareness.” – Vironika Tugaleva
    44. “As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy – and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.” – Travis Bradberry
    45. “Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.” – Melody Beatti
    46. “Entitlement is an expression of conditional love. Nobody is ever entitled to your love. You always have a right to protect your mental, emotional, and physical well-being by removing yourself from toxic people and circumstances.” – Dr. Janice Anderson & Kiersten Anderson
    47. “If someone thinks you’re being dramatic or selfish, then they obviously haven’t walked a mile in your shoes. It’s not important for you to explain yourself. You get a pass here. Don’t let anyone else try to saddle you with guilt or shame. If you need your space, take it.” – Sarah Newman
    48. “Why do people persist in a dissatisfying relationship, unwilling either to work toward solutions or end it and move on? It’s because they know changing will lead to the unknown, and most people believe that the unknown will be much more painful than what they’re already experiencing.” – Anthony Robbins
    49. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs
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    Quotes About Toxic Friends

    1. When people treat you like you don’t care, believe them.
    2. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
    3. Sometimes you just have to be done. Not mad, not upset. Just done.
    4. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown
    5. Don’t treat people as bad as they are, treat them as good as you are.
    6. “Unhappy people can be very dangerous, don’t forget that.” ― S.E. Lynes
    7. When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen.
    8. “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” – Dolly Parton
    9. People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely. — Hans F. Hansen
    10. The best way to move forward is to let go of the people holding you back.
    11. “People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely.” – Hans F. Hasen
    12. “I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet.” – Mahatma Gandhi
    13. “If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake; it’s just their behavior” – Steve Maraboli
    14. “Beware of those around you who subtly sow the seeds of doubt.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
    15. Avoiding certain people to protect your emotional health is not a weakness. It’s wisdom.
    16. Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate. ― Mandy Hale
    17. “Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds.” – Moosa Rahat
    18. “Remember…Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
    19. Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. ― Albert Einstein
    20. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.” – Mandy Hale
    21. Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception. ― Carlos Wallace
    22. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
    23. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace
    24. “If you attach to the negative behavior of others it brings you down to their level.” – Guru Singh
    25. “I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.” – Henry James
    26. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
    27. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.” – Cheryl Strayed
    28. You can’t keep getting mad at people for sucking the life out of you if you keep giving them the straw.
    29. “Don’t confuse “familiar” with “acceptable”. Toxic relationships can fool you like that.” – Steve Maraboli
    30. Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out. — Robert Tew
    31. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life.” – Robert Tew
    32. It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.– Mandy Hale
    33. “Handling toxic people is not an art, they will be the victim of their own toxicity.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
    34. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” – Robert Tew
    35. “While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it.” – Unknown
    36. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.” – Will Smith
    37. “Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.” — Unknown
    38. “It’s very possible and very okay to forgive someone and still not want to spend time with them.” – Karen Salmansohn
    39. “The idea is quite simple, stay a light year away from people who make you feel less about yourself.” – Mohith Agadi
    40. “Because at some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Sandi Lynn
    41. “It is really exhausting to live in a dictatorship of ‘Me’, which is basically a tyranny of others.” – Stefan Molyneux
    42. “You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” – Jan Glidewell
    43. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder
    44. Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly. — Leon Brown
    45. “When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it.” – Shahida Arabi
    46. “Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.” – Leon Brown
    47. Life is short. Don’t waste it with negative people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your heart but keep them out of your life.
    48. “Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” – Brigham Young
    49. “What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?” – Brené Brown
    50. “Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.” – Kamand Kojouri
    51. “When you notice someone​​ does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it.” – Shahida Arabi
    52. “Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!” – Israelmore Ayivor
    53. “Life is short. Don’t waste it with negative people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your heart but keep them out of your life.”
    54. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Maya Angelou
    55. As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships. ― John Mark Green
    56. “To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
    57. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.” – John Mark Green
    58. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end low vibrational relationship or friendship — you won.” – Lalah Delia
    59. “Letting go may sound so simple, but rarely is it a one-time thing. Just keep letting go, until one day it’s gone for good.” – Eleanor Brownn
    60. Sometimes it’s better to end something and try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible. — Karen Salmansohn
    61. “Cutting people out of your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay.” – Anonymous
    62. “Sometimes it’s better to end something and try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.” – Karen Salmansohn
    63. “Don’t let people get the best of you, they can say what they want but don’t let that distract you from achieving your goals.” – Alcurtis Turner
    64. “A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they’ve trusted take responsibility, and that is what’s toxic.” – Hannah Gadsby
    65. “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
    66. “If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.” – Vironika Tugaleva
    67. “Everybody has bad relationships, and, at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship.” – Anne Hathaway
    68. “I have found the best way to deal with a toxic person is to not respond in any other way than monotone voice and a businesslike manner.” – Jen Grice
    69. “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
    70. “I have found the best way to deal with a toxic person is to not respond in any other way than a monotone voice and a businesslike manner.” – Jen Grice
    71. “Stay away from negative people. They drain your energy like vampires suck out human’s blood. Hell. They’re the real ‘dementors’.” ― Riza Prasetyaningsih
    72. “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
    73. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you. ― Roy Bennett
    74. “You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” – Anne Lamott
    75. Don’t associate yourself with toxic people. It’s better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself. — Robin Williams
    76. “Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.” – Roy Bennett
    77. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr
    78. “If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
    79. “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” – Frederick Douglass
    80. “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber
    81. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.” – Mark Twain
    82. “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
    83. “Avoid negative people, for they are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem. Surround yourself with people who bring out the best in you!” – Auliq Ice
    84. “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.” – Denisse Lisseth
    85. “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
    86. “No matter how much you love the person, you cannot change them. You may influence them; but at the end of the day, they must decide for themselves.” – Robert E. Baines Jr.
    87. “People appear like angels until you hear them speak. You must not rush to judge people by the color of their cloaks, but by the content of their words!” – Israelmore Ayivo
    88. “If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” – T. Harv Eker
    89. “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
    90. “You don’t have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.” – Joyce Rachelle
    91. “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.
    92. “I think most people know when they’re in a toxic relationship – it requires an enormous amount of effort to keep it going, and you don’t get what you want from it.” – Joanna Coles
    93. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” – Goi Nasu
    94. “There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.”
    95. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder
    96. “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 Quimet
    97. “When we go back in to the past and rake up all the troubles we’ve had, we end up reeling and staggering through life. Stability and peace of mind come by living in the moment.” – Pam W. Vredevelt
    98. “Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.” – Victoria Moran
    99. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” – Lao Tzu
    100. “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
    101. “The best emotional relief is not venting our problems, that only fuels the pain. It is focusing on something else, taking control of our lives, and staying away from people that keep reminding us about our problems.” – Rodolfo Peon
    102. “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
    103. “Don’t let toxic people sabotage your happiness, ruin your positive attitude, contaminate your mind or destroy your self-confidence. Instead, surround yourself with generous, positive, and nurturing people who will lift you up.” – Farshad Asl
    104. “The people in your life will either help you shake hands with yourself or they’ll teach you what you don’t want. Everyone, eventually, does one or the other. All pain transforms into learning. All love transforms to self-awareness.” – Vironika Tugaleva
    105. “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
    106. “What’s more toxic than what they have done, think, or have said about you is how you let your mind receive it. In a world as ours filled with so much noise and hate, what suffers the most is our minds. Know when to keep your mind shut!” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
    107. “I found peace of mind when I walked away from small fights not worth fighting. I stopped fighting for people who gossiped about me. I stopped fighting for those who didn’t respect me. I quit worrying about those who wouldn’t value me for being me.” – Dana Arcuri
    108. “Entitlement is an expression of conditional love. Nobody is ever entitled to your love. You always have a right to protect your mental, emotional, and physical well-being by removing yourself from toxic people and circumstances.” – Dr. Janice Anderson & Kiersten Anderson
    109. “If someone thinks you’re being dramatic or selfish, then they obviously haven’t walked a mile in your shoes. It’s not important for you to explain yourself. You get a pass here. Don’t let anyone else try to saddle you with guilt or shame. If you need your space, take it.” – Sarah Newman
    110. “My father once said, ‘If you’re in the desert and you’re dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?’ I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.” – Nicolas Cage
    111. “It’s awfully hard to be happy when you feel you’re not worthy enough for those feelings. You’ve been knocked down so many times happiness to you is an unnatural state of mind. Lose the fake smile, get up and get rid of the toxic reasons you’re unhappy, no matter, who, or what’s standing in your way. Time to get real!” – Ron Baratono
    112. “Energy vampires prey on others because they are in pain, and their behavior is a disguised cry for help. However, the important thing to remember is that you are not responsible for resolving their issues. While you can offer help to an energy vampire, it is ultimately their responsibility to sort our their struggles.” ― Aletheia Luna
    113. “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” – Stacey Charter
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    Negative People Quotes

    1. “Even a rock moves on.” – Anthony Liccione
    2. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.” – John Wooden
    3. “Relationships end, but they don’t end your life.” – Steve Martin
    4. “Never rely on another person to make you feel whole.” – Karen Salmansohn
    5. It’s your life. Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty for living it your way.
    6. “If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake; it’s just their behavior.” – Steve Maraboli
    7. “Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positive, it will take their breath away.”
    8. “Remember… Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
    9. Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself. – Hussein Nishah
    10. “You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.” — Joel Osteen
    11. “Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself.” – Hussein Nishah
    12. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
    13. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
    14. “If you attach to the negative behavior of others it brings you down to their level.” – Guru Singh
    15. “Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positive, it will take their breath away.” – Unknown
    16. “You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” – Chinonye J. Chidolue
    17. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life.” – Robert Tew
    18. “Handling toxic people is not an art, they will be the victim of their own toxicity.” ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
    19. “Toxic people create chaos, point fingers, shift blame and avoid taking responsibility.” – Dr. Anne Brown RNMS
    20. “Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.” – Christian Baloga
    21. “The hardest part of being in an emotionally abusive relationship, it’s actually admitting you’re in one.” ― Anna Akana
    22. “We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
    23. “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin
    24. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – Michael Jordan
    25. “People who try to bring you down everyday aren’t important in your life, so you better treat their opinions as such” – Terry Mark
    26. “Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.” – Kamand Kojouri
    27. “Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!” – Israelmore Ayivor
    28. 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
    29. “To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals.” — Michael Bassey Johnson
    30. “There’s folks you just don’t need. You’re better off without ‘em. Your life is just a little better because they ain’t in it.” – William Gay
    31. 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.
    32. “Hanging around the small-minded eventually makes us small-minded. The plant only grows as big as the environment it’s in.” – Torron-Lee Dewar
    33. “Don’t let people get the best of you they can say what they want but don’t let that distract you from achieving your goals.” – Alcurtis Turner
    34. “When people pressure you to engage in negative decisions and actions, look at them boldly in the eyes and dare them to do good.” – Edmond Mbiaka
    35. “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
    36. “You really don’t have to burn any bridges to let go… You don’t have to destroy anything. You can just decide to cross over and move on.” – Marta Mrotek
    37. “You lift your spirits by moving away from what upsets you. If the stove is hot, you can’t ask how to touch it but be happy about it.” – Queen Tourmaline
    38. “No one forces a person to be negative, and no one forces anyone to be positive. The choice is up to an individual and that person alone.” – Byron Pulsifer
    39. “Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.” – Roy Bennett
    40. “If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s OK, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb your peace, and carry on.” – Germany Kent
    41. “If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better still, protect your good image.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
    42. “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
    43. “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” – Frederick Douglas
    44. “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
    45. “We all have those 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
    46. “No matter how valuable you are and your ideas, fools will certainly play both of you down, so exclude yourselves from the inflammatory environs of fools.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
    47. “Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.” – Dan Coppersmith
    48. “We don’t get to choose our family, but we can choose our friends. With courage, we can weed out narcissistic people. We can focus on those who do appreciate us, love us, and treat us with respect.” – Dana Arcuri
    49. “Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.” – Israelmore Ayivor
    50. “These are the attributes of Bullshit people; they will…blur your imagination, take your endowments for a piece of debris, make you ridiculous, and most importantly, you got to send them to the recycle bin.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
    51. “You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.” – Tupac Shakur
    52. “Yes, the people around us can be insensitive, narcissistic, toxic, and sometimes even abusive, but it is up to us to take that energy on or let it flow through us. No one is responsible for taking away our happiness but us.” – Aletheia Luna
    53. “As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy – and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.” – Travis Bradberry
    54. “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
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    Wrapping Up

    These toxic people quotes are meant to inspire you to stand up to negativity and live a life that’s free from toxicity. No one deserves to be treated poorly, so don’t accept anything less than respect, love, and compassion. You deserve nothing less than the best.

    Which of these toxic people quotes resonated with you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments below. And, if you know someone who could use a little inspiration, please share this post with them. Thank you!

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