21 Quotes That Will Give You The Strength To Walk Away From Your Toxic Relationship

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are simply toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren't inherently bad people, but they aren't the ri…”

— Danielle Koepke, internal-acceptance-movement.tumblr.com

“The cost is self-destruction in the process. The cost is you hurting me to get there. I can't sit here and wait for the respect I deserved this whole time. I can't sit here and wait to be loved, when I'm giving the best of myself. I can't sit here playing a game. It’s like a game of Jumanji. Either…”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“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, amazon.com

“If you run into each other here and there and talk for hours and maybe even hook up, but you don’t hear from him after… he likes you, he just doesn’t like you enough.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“If a guy leaves when things get a little rocky, it means he is lacking in the most important quality you need in a partner, and that is a man who is committed not only to you, but to making it work.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“You don't get to do that, to come into somebody's life, make them care, and just check out.”

— Rich Jepson, amazon.com

“I loved a man who had opened up a world to me but hadn’t loved me enough to stay in it.”

— Jojo Moyes

“He said he loved me, but every step of the way he’d hurt and sabotage me. I realized later that he put me down so much because he was probably terrified that I’d realize he was nothing and leave him. Which is exactly what I did.”

— Amy Schumer, amazon.com

“I was looking for love and he seemed like love.”

— Anonymous, facebook.com

“Don't judge yourself by what others did to you.”

— C. Kennedy, amazon.com

“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, amazon.com

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

— Laurell K Hamilton, amazon.com

“Poisonous relationships can alter our perception. You can spend many years thinking you’re worthless. But you’re not worthless. You’re under-appreciated.”

— Steve Maraboli, facebook.com

“Toxic relationships not only make us unhappy; they corrupt our attitudes and dispositions in ways that undermine healthier relationships and prevent us from realizing how much better things can be.”

— Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

“I was your cure and you were my disease. I was saving you. You were killing me.”

— We Who Dare, youtube.com

“But with passion came screaming and cursing and words we regret. That’s not healthy. And I think part of the reason I turned back every time was because I wanted to be right about you. I wanted to be the one that changed you.”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“Conflicts between your heart and head appear like a boxing match. To walk away from someone who consumes so much of your heart, you can’t bear the thought of it. But, then in your head you remind yourself, it is for the best you leave now.”

— Kirsten Corley, puckermob.com

“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, amazon.com

“Toxic relationships are dangerous to your health; they will literally kill you.”

— Bryant McGill, bryantmcgill.com

“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, johnmarkgreenpoetry.tumblr.com

“You don't ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life...You don't have to make room for people who cause you pain or make you feel small.”

— Danielle Koepke, internal-acceptance-movement.tumblr.com