Toxic Quotes for Identifying Toxic People in Our Lives

1. "Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you." – Christian Baloga

2. "Don't confuse "familiar" with "acceptable". Toxic relationships can fool you like that." – Steve Maraboli

3. "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

4. "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

5. "When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair, but you stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth just like you did." — Jill Blakeway

6. "It's so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It's like the trash took itself out." — Karen Salmansohn

7. "You will never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air." — Unknown

8. "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

9. "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

10. "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

11. "Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds." – Moosa Rahat

12. "You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage." – Chinonye J. Chidolue

13. "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

14. "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

15. "Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions." – Will Smith

16. "Don't let toxic people sabotage your happiness, ruin your positive attitude, contaminate your mind or destroy your self-confidence." – Farshad Asl

17. "If they do it often, it isn't a mistake; it's just their behavior." – Steve Maraboli

18. "Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception." – Carlos Wallace

19. "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

20. "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

21. "It's amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life." – Robert Tew

22. "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

23. "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." – Steve Maraboli

24. "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

25. "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

After reading these quotes, have you recognized the toxic people in your life? May these toxic quotes encourage you to stay away from those people.