50 Bad Friends Quotes to Spot Fakers and Let Them Go

1. "Growing up means realizing a lot of your friends aren't really your friends." - Unknown

2. "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." - Christian Nestell Bovee

3. "Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower." - Robin Jones Gunn

4. "Better a good enemy than a bad friend." - Plato

5. "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." - William Blake

6. "I didn't lose a friend, I just realized I never had one." - Unknown

7. "In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are." - Unknown

8. “Some bad friends are so crafty in such a way that by the time their mission is reveal, they have already executed portions of it.” - Israelmore Ayivor

9. "Bad friends bring drama instead of peace, criticism instead of support, and jealousy instead of celebration." - Unknown

10. "A genuine smile hides behind honest words. Bad friends smile to your face but speak badly behind your back." - Unknown

11. “Better an honest enemy than a false friend.” – German Proverb

12. “Someone who smiles too much with you can sometime frown too much with you at your back.” - Michael Bassey Johnson

13. "Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour." - Khalil Gibran

14. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." — Martin Luther King Jr.

15. "True colors show when you're no longer useful to someone. Bad friends disappear when you need them most." - Unknown

16. "Fake friends are like pennies, two-faced and worthless." - Unknown

17. "Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off." - Unknown

18. "Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you." - Yolanda Hadid

19. “An open enemy is better than a false friend.” - Greek Proverb

20. "We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends." - Paulo Coelho

21. "A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines." - Benjamin Franklin

22. "Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies." - Al Capone

23. "One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies... Be smart choosing your friends." - Ziad K. Abdelnour

24. "Be very careful of who you share your problem with, remember that not every friend that smiles at you is your best friend." - Unknown

25. "Fake friends: once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you." - Unknown

1. "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." - William Blake

2. "Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime." - Mineko Iwasaki

3. "Each betrayal begins with trust." - Martin Luther

4. "It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them." - Confucius

5. "Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight." - Lauren Conrad

6. "For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first." - Suzanne Collins

7. "It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it." - Nicole Richie

8. "Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it." - Unknown

9. "The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend." - Heather Brewer

10. "Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!" - J. K. Rowling

1. "You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends." - Joan Jett

2. "You cannot spend the majority of your life with toxic people and expect to be happy." - David Goggins

3. “Life is all about losing friends, the people you know. So, just that you get better at finding the ones worth suffering for.” - Mohit Kaushik

4. "Letting go of bad friends hurts at first, but brings peace that lasts forever." - Unknown

5. "Sometimes letting go of a bad friend isn't giving up – it's moving forward with people who truly care." - Unknown

6. "Let them go. Bad friends should be part of your history, not your destiny." - Unknown

7. "A lesson learned: letting go of bad friends hurts less than holding on to people who hurt you." - Unknown

8. "Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself." - Hussein Nishah

9. "At some point you have to learn that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life." - Sandi Lynn

10. "You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage." - Chinonye J. Chudolue

11. "It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime." - Mandy Hale

12. "Sometimes, you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care but because they don't." - Unknown

13. "Let go of bad friends. Your future self will thank you for the peace of mind." - Unknown

14. "When you remove bad friends from your life, you create space for growth and happiness." - Unknown

15. "The hardest goodbye becomes the greatest relief when you release bad friends from your life." - Unknown