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800 Inspiring Cutting People Off Quotes (2023)

1. “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


2. “Sometimes you have to remove people without warning. We’re getting too old to be explaining what they already know they’re doing wrong.” – Unknown


3. Better to cut them off


4. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. ” — Hermann Hesse


5. “Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.”


6. “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


7. Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals, or self-worth


8. “Cutting people off doesn’t mean you are a bad person; it means you value yourself enough to protect your energy.” – Unknown


9. “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


10. People who are negative are either lonely, broke or bored. Better to cut them off


11. Practice self-care: Taking care of yourself is essential for maintaining healthy emotional boundaries. Make sure you take time to prioritize your own needs and self-care activities


12. “People who would want you around will understand your worth. And those who, won’t, you don’t need to run after them to make them realise.”


13. “Stay away from negative people. Cut them off. They drain your energy like vampires suck out human’s blood.” ~ Riza Prasetyaningsih


14. “Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals, or self-worth.”


15. Don’t let your loyalty become slavery. If they don’t appreciate what you bring to the table, let them eat alone


16. “You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage. ” ― Chinonye J. Chidolue


17. “Sometimes people turn out to be toxic for our growth and such weeds need to be cut out for us to grow and bloom. ”


18. “The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free. ” – Steve Maraboli


19. “It’s not easy to detach from people you’ve had close ties with, but sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your mind peace.”


20. “You better go alone, than with negative people!” – Israelmore Ayivor


21. If someone won’t lift a finger to call you, see you, and spend time with you, it’s time for you to lift five fingers and wave goodbye


22. “People who have no life will always try to start drama in yours. ”


23. “Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that’s the only way we can keep the tree alive. It’s hard and it hurts, but it’s what’s best.” – Nicole Williams


24. “Even a family member can be a negative person in your life and that is not always easy to accept or to do something about for your own sake. But it can become necessary to at least limit the time you spend with someone to be able to grow as a person and improve your self-worth. ”


25. “They like you more when you don’t challenge them. They prefer to have an upper hand over you. ” – Mitta Xinindlu


26. “It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.” – Joe Abercrombie


27. “I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions, or unnecessary conversations.” ~ Joquesse Eugenia


28. “Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons.”


29. “It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”


30. “‘No’ is a complete sentence. ” -Anne Lamott


31. I swear cutting people off is getting easier and easier


32. “Over time, you start noticing that some people just aren’t worth it anymore.”


33. “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


34. “While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it. ” – Anonymous


35. “The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.” ~ Alysia Harris


36. “Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. ” – Ralph Waldo Emerson


37. Some people create their own storms and then get mad when it rains


38. “Unhappy people can be very dangerous, don’t forget that. ” – S. E. Lynes


39. “Never feel guilty when you try to cut someone out of your life because it’s for your own good. ”


40. “Deciding to finally cut ties with the people in your life who consistently hurt you isn’t enough; you must also decide to cut ties with the version of yourself who allowed that shit to continue for as long as it did.”


41. A = Argue: Do not waste your energy arguing with toxic people.


42. “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


43. Successful people build each other up. They motivate, inspire, and push each other


44. “You’re allowed to cut off anyone who is bad for your mental health, even if you’re related to them.”


45. “Hate tends to vanish when you cut negativity and negative people out of your lif. ”


46. “After all these pointless fights, wasted days, mental breakdowns, broken promises, and mendacious beliefs, I think I’m better off alone.” – James Andrew Crosby


47. “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


48. Once you let yourself grow close to someone, cutting the ties could be painful


49. “Toxic people will often make you question your sanity. ” — Sarah Regan


50. “If someone constantly brings negativity into your life, cutting them off is an act of self-care.” – Unknown


51. “Make sure everybody in your ‘boat’ is rowing and not drilling holes when you’re not looking. ”


52. There is no better self-care than cutting off people who are toxic for you


53. “Never rely on another person to make you feel whole. ” — Karen Salmansohn


54. “You deserve to be surrounded by people who inspire you, support you, and believe in you. If someone doesn’t fit that criteria, it’s time to cut them off.” – Unknown TELUGU BHASHA QUOTES


55. “Being with no one is better than being with the wrong ones. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings. ” -Unknown


56. “When you know your own value, you only put up with other people’s bullsh*t for so long.” ~ Sue Fitzmaurice


57. “Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positve, it will take their breath away. ” – Unknown


58. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception. ” – Carlos Wallace


59. “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


60. “Sometimes people turn out to be toxic for our growth and such weeds need to be cut out for us to grow and bloom.”


61. “Learning to ignore certain people is one of the greatest paths to inner peace. Life gets easier when you delete those who make it difficult.”


62. “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


63. “Walk away from anyone who’s busy finding faults while you’re overlooking theirs.”


64. “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”


65. “The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.” – Robert E. Baine, Jr.


66. “Been through enough to know there ain’t nothing in life you can’t get over.”


67. “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.”


68. “Eliminating people from your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it just means you respect yourself.”


69. “Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has gone to hell in a handbasket.”


70. “Don’t let toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” – Unknown “Not everyone deserves a seat at your table. Cut off those who don’t add value to your life.” – Unknown


71. “You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people. ” — Joel Osteen


72. “The idea is quite simple, stay a light year away from people who make you feel less about yourself. ” – Mohith Agadi


73. “I’ve had to cut people that I love out of my life or distance myself from ‘friends’ not because I don’t love them but because they were causing unnecessary stress in my life. It’s worked so far, I’m happy me again. ”- Nadine Barnes


74. “About the expression “Hurt people, hurt people”. . Hurt people are not going to stop HURTING other people until they receive the memo that it is WRONG, (or if there are actual consequences for their behaviour. ) Feeling sorry for them and understanding where they ‘came from’ is not helping to stop the cycle of abuse. ” -Darlene Ouimet


75. “We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us. ” – P. A. Speers


76. “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


77. “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.”


78. “Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being the one behind the gun.” – Tupac Shakur


79. “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


80. “Yeah, I’m obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I’m rude. You know why? Because you’re busy.” – Bill O’relly


81. When you learn how much you’re worth, you will stop giving people discounts


82. “It always amazes me how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people. ” – Joe Abercrombie


83. “You’re allowed to cut off anyone who is unhealthy for your inner peace.”


84. “It’s not easy to detach from people you’ve had close ties with but sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your peace of mind. ”


85. “Always know your worth and in what kind of people you’re investing your time because not everyone is worth it.”


86. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ” – Mahatma Gandhi


87. “Cutting people out of your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay.”


88. “Letting go of toxic people is self-care. ” — Maxime Lagacé


89. “Deciding to finally cut ties with the people in your life who consistently hurt you isn’t enough; you must also decide to cut ties with the version of yourself who allowed that shit to continue for as long as it did. ” – Unknown


90. “Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds. ” – Moosa Rahat


91. “Sometimes it’s better to end something and try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible. ” – Karen Salmansohn


92. “Don’t be afraid of losing someone who doesn’t feel lucky to have you.”


93. “I swear cutting people off is getting easier and easier.”


94. “We teach people how to treat us. ” – Dr. Phil


95. “Once you realize your worth, you stop going easy on those who have always been difficult on you and you make them pay for it by cutting them off. ”


96. “It’s better to be alone than surrounded by individuals who only bring you down.” – Unknown


97. “Toxic people will make you feel like you’re holding a grudge. No, dude. That’s a boundary. ” – Unknown


98. “We do not walk away to teach people a lesson, we walk away because we finally learned ours.”


99. “You don’t have to feel guilty for cutting them off. It was the right thing to do. And believe me, if it were the other way around. They would have done the same thing too. Choose you, always you.” – R.M Drake


100. “When it’s over, leave. Don’t continue watering a dead flower.”


101. “To save face, it's better not to ask sex from the ex, but to give everything the axe.”


102. “You are only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with so be brave enough to let go of those who keep weighing you down.”


103. “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


104. “Life is like an elevator on your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off.”


105. “Learn to surround yourself with people who make you better, not bitter.”


106. “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


107. People who have no life, will always try to start drama in yours


108. Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions


109. “Beware of those around you who subtly sow the seeds of doubt. ”


110. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.” – Sharon Salzberg


111. “Cutting people out of your life doesn't mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay.”


112. “Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.” - Frank Sonnenberg


113. “Yes, I cut people off ruthlessly… But I also love with my heart and soul. When I cut you off trust me I have a damn good reason.”


114. “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


115. “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


116. “Your time and energy are precious; don’t waste them on people who don’t value your presence in their lives.” – Unknown


117. “Always be brave enough to cut off toxic people. ” — Soulja Boy


118. “People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely. ” – Hans F. Hasen


119. “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


120. “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


121. The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become


122. “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


123. “Cutting people off doesn’t have limits. Family can get cut off too if they’re causing you stress. Eliminate any negativity from your circle.”


124. “You don’t lose friends, because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it.” – Mandy Hale


125. “When dealing with toxic people, they always choose distance over disrespect. ” ― Germany Kent


126. “Stay away from people who make you feel like you’re hard to love.” – Unknown


127. “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.”


128. “Stop crossing oceans for people who won’t jump puddles for you.”


129. “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


130. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life. ”


131. “Those who only judge others can never introspect themselves and correct their own weaknesses. ”


132. “Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes when you’re not looking.”


133. “If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake; it’s just their behavior. ” — Dr. Steve Maraboli


134. “I had the illusion of conversing with a fellow being without a barrier, without a steel door, without a black hood over my head . . . I have never, I think, impressed upon you how almost impossible I find it to communicate with anybody.”


135. “When you cut off fake friends, you make room for your true friends.”


136. “It took me way too long to realize that you shouldn’t be friends with people who never ask you how you’re doing.” ~ Steve Maraboli


137. “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


138. “If you’re not losing friends, then you’re not growing up.”


139. “There are people who break you down by just being them. They need not do anything. Dissociate. ” – Malebo Sephodi


140. “Some people will only “love you” as much as they can use you. Their loyalty ends where the benefits stop…”


141. You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around


142. “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


143. “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


144. I have a limit and when you reach it I dismiss you from my life. It’s that simple


145. “Over time you start noticing that some people are just aren't worth it anymore.”


146. “Sometimes you must remove yourself permanently in order to create a more stable foundation for your life.”


147. “Knowing the difference between who to cut off and who to be patient with… is everything.”


148. “Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future. ” –


149. “Destiny determines who enters your life, but you decide who stays. ”


150. “Do not allow negative people to turn you into one of them.”


151. “People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely. ” — Hans F. Hasen


152. Make sure everybody in your ‘boat’ is rowing and not drilling holes when you’re not looking


153. “Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.”


154. “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


155. “Remove yourself from toxic environments and watch yourself grow like never before.” – Unknown


156. Communicate your boundaries clearly: Once you’ve identified your boundaries, communicate them to the people around you in a clear and respectful manner. Let them know how you feel and what you need to feel comfortable in a relationship


157. “Make sure everybody in your ‘boat’ is rowing and not drilling holes when you’re not looking.”


158. “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


159. They only hear what suits them and listen only to respond


160. “I did the same and I can’t explain how happy I am now. There comes a time when you have no choice but to cut off in order to respect yourself and live in harmony. ” – Sandra Barbir


161. If you have to force it, leave it. Relationships. Friendships. Yoga poses. Perfect ponytails. Let things go


162. “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


163. “One of the hardest decisions you’ll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder. – Ziad K. Abdelnour


164. “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


165. “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.”


166. “Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” - Robert Tew


167. “Some people take your energy and put you in a negative place. Sometimes you just have to walk away if this is a regular occurrence. ”– Rachael Malloy


168. “Remember… whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour


169. “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


170. “You don't let go of a bad relationship because you stop caring about them. You let go because you start caring about yourself.”


171. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”


172. “I have no problem with cutting people off…less bullsh*t for me to deal with.” ~ ASAP Rocky


173. “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


174. “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


175. “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


176. They motivate, inspire, and push each other


177. “Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positive, it will take their breath away. ” – Unknown


178. Sometimes you have to unfollow people in real life


179. “Learning to ignore certain people is one of the greatest paths to inner peace. Life gets easier when you delete those who make it difficult. ”


180. “People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”


181. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life. ” — Robert Tew


182. “It’s okay to cut ties with toxic friends and family you’ve got to prioritize your own well-being. ” – Brenden Dilley


183. “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


184. People inspire you or they drain you. Pick them wisely


185. The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn


186. Don’t feel guilty about it


187. “Cutting toxic people off doesn’t make you a bad person, selfish, or weak. Cutting toxic people off means you value your integrity over what other people think about you. ” Quotes About Cutting People Off from Life


188. “The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become. ” – Robert E. Baine, Jr


189. “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


190. “Cut off your dead ends for growth and I’m not just talking about your hair.”


191. “Once you realize you deserve better, letting go will be the best decision ever.” Family Cutting Off Quotes


192. “How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others. ” ― Anthon St. Maarten


193. If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello


194. “Cutting someone off is not cruel; it’s necessary for your own growth and well-being.” – Unknown


195. “Once you let yourself grow close to someone, cutting the ties could be painful.”


196. ”Just removing some people from your life will always yield better tomorrows. ”


197. Before, I used to be afraid of being alone. Now, I’m afraid of having the wrong people as company


198. “We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit. ” – Steve Maraboli


199. “The idea is quite simple, stay a light year away from people who make you feel less about yourself.” - Mohith Agadi


200. Over time you start noticing that some people are just aren’t worth it anymore


201. “You should be completely at ease with the people in your life. It’s okay to cut off access to people you can’t trust.”


202. “Toxic people are great actors. They will utilize whichever props are available to maintain control in the relationship. ” — Shannon Thomas


203. “Sometimes cutting people off is necessary for your own personal growth. Choose your path wisely.” – Unknown


204. Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it


205. “Let go of negative people. They only show up to share complaints, problems, disastrous stories, fear, and judgment on others.” – Dalai Lama


206. “Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.” ~ Roy T. Bennett


207. Be willing to walk alone. Many of those who started with you won’t finish with you


208. “Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others, usally spend no time to correct their own.”


209. “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


210. “You’ll never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air. ”


211. “Cut off's are like real sadist as they watch some folks happy and disappoint the majority. People dream of a life at Delhi University. Delhiites know there is something special about the brand name and life at the campus. Rest as they say is history and it speaks volumes.”


212. Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions


213. “There are many good seeds in you. Therefore you must avoid every bad soil in the world. ” – Israelmore Ayivor


214. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. ” -Unknown


215. Being with no one is better than being with the wrong ones. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings


216. “If you’ve been through trauma you don’t need more drama, so surround yourself with those who bring you peace. ” ― Christy Ann Martine


217. “I am making changes in my life so if you don’t hear from me you’re one of them.”


218. “Belief is a toxic and dangerous attitude toward reality. After all, if it’s there it doesn’t require your belief- and if it’s not there why should you believe in it?” ― Terence McKenna


219. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.”


220. “The people you allow into your life are contagious, choose wisely and be prepared to cut quickly.”


221. “There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you, it is with themselves.”


222. Imagine my shock that Saturday–March 7–when I received a FACEBOOK link on my cell phone. When I clicked on this link, it led to a glowing tribute to my now DECEASED Aunt Veronica! The link and tribute to Veronica had been placed by one of her brothers, my uncle Jerry. It stated that Veronica had passed on March 4. I then placed Veronica’s name in the Google search engine, which immediately produced a detailed obituary. Veronica had passed away on March 3,mthe day AFTER my aunt Rose had called to inform me that Veronica had been placed in hospice. No aunt, uncle or first cousin EVER called, texted or emailed us that Veronica died


223. “Sometimes you just have to remove people without warning. We are getting too old to be explaining what they already know they are doing wrong.”


224. “The people you allow into your life are contagious, choose wisely, cut quickly.”


225. Don’t waste it with negative people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your heart but keep them out of your life


226. “You can’t change people, so don’t drive yourself crazy trying. Instead, just change how you deal with them.”


227. “Sometimes you have to unfollow people in real life. ”


228. “If I decide to cut you off for my own good, and not communicate with you anymore, there’s no sneak dissing or dirt throwing on my end because you and your business no longer exist in my world.”


229. “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


230. “Letting go of toxic people in your life is a big step in loving yourself. ” – Hussein Nishah


231. Five days AFTER my aunt Veronica’s funeral and burial, aunt Rose decided to call my phone. I did not answer


232. “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


233. “Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relationship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose. ” -Deborah Day


234. “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


235. You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it


236. “Never feel guilty when you’re trying to cut someone out of your life because it’s for your ultimate good. ”


237. “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


238. “Boundaries are, in simple terms, the recognition of personal space. ” -Asa Don Brown


239. “Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don’t care, but because they don’t.”


240. The older I get, the more I would rather sit alone in silence than with people who judge the way I live


241. “Either they like you or they don’t. Never try to convince somebody of your worth. If a person doesn’t appreciate you, they don’t deserve you.”


242. “Some people are like clouds. When they disappear, it’s a beautiful day.”


243. “When you notice someone​​ does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it. ” – Shahida Arabi


244. “Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals, or self-worth. ”


245. “Sick of the excuse ‘they’re still your momdadsisterbrotherfriend… etc.’ No, toxic is toxic. You have the right to cut anyone off that’s unhealthy for you. Period.”


246. Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty about it


247. Listen to positive people and ignore negative ones. People who doubt, judge, and disrespect you are not worth your time and attention


248. Sometimes you have to cut some people off to stay on


249. “Cutting toxic people off isn’t betrayal. It’s self-care.”


250. “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” George Bernard Shaw


251. “I love the sound of NOT hearing from some people. ” ― Steve Maraboli


252. “Go ahead and cut them off for a silly reason. If something happens to them you’ll regret cutting them off for something you could have forgiven.” – Sonya Parker


253. “We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli


254. “Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons. ”


255. “There comes a time in your life when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. ” -José N. Harris


256. “Cutting someone completely off your life is sometimes


257. “It's okay to cut ties with toxic friends and family you've got to prioritize your own well-being.”


258. “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


259. “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


260. “Should I cut them out of my life? Or should I give them a second chance?”


261. “I swear cutting people off is getting easier and easier. ” – Unknown


262. “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


263. “It’s okay to cut people from your life.”


264. “Taking care of yourself means cutting off anyone who doesn’t have your best interests at heart. You deserve better.” – Unknown


265. Discredit your imagination


266. “I don’t have time to make people understand my worth. Either you recognize it and treat me right or be cut off.”


267. “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


268. “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


269. “Removing toxic people (including Naysayers) from your life can repay you in scores of holistic wealth. ” ― Keisha Blair


270. “They weren’t worth the misdirected and delusional high of momentarily having the stage in a f*cktard-directed play that I was always a disposable character in.” wow – nailed my relationship with a former friend. While she claimed I was only around when it was convenient for me (far from the truth), I ALWAYS felt like I was disposable to her, because I was.


271. “Family or not, sometimes it’s necessary to cut off toxic people.


272. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate.” – Mandy Hale


273. “I've had to cut people that I love out of my life or distance myself from ‘friends' not because I don't love them but because they were causing unnecessary stress in my life. It's worked so far, I'm happy me again.”


274. “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


275. “Don’t let others drain you. Surround yourself with positive energy and cut off those who bring negativity.” – Unknown


276. “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


277. “People inspire you or they drain you. Pick them wisely.” – Hans F. Hansen


278. You both get dirty and the pig likes it


279. “Just because certain people are blood relatives doesn’t mean they’re family. Just take a deep breath and choose wisely who you cut off.”


280. “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


281. “Negativity can change you for the worse. Don’t let the negatives take away your positives. ”


282. “Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!” – Israelmore Ayivor


283. “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. ”


284. “People inspire you or they drain you. Pick them wisely.”


285. The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away


286. “Not everyone is supposed to be permanent in your life. Some people come in like phases to teach us lessons and then leave or you leave them. ”


287. “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


288. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life.” ~ Robert Tew


289. “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


290. “I think that I’ve done more than enough talking and trying to make things work with certain people. I am done!” – Cici. B


291. “I reserve the right to cut you off at any point if I feel I no longer gain anything from hanging with you.”


292. “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


293. “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


294. “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


295. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life.”


296. “I have some people in my life who should’ve been cut off a long time a ago.”


297. Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that some people only enter your life as a temporary happiness


298. Destroy your image


299. “You don’t have to be around people who constantly bring you down. Choose yourself and cut them off.” – Unknown


300. “Sometimes you are the only toxic person you need to cut off your life, and I hope that one day you will be brave enough to admit it …”


301. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships. ” ― John Mark Green


302. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”


303. “There is more to life than chasing after someone who does not want to be in yours.” ~ Biance Sparacino


304. “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“


305. “Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds.” ~ Moosa Rahat


306. “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.”


307. “You know that knife you stuck in my back? It was perfect for cutting all ties with you…”


308. “You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it.” – Mandy Hale


309. “People underestimate my ability to cut them out of my life when why mess me over.”


310. “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.”


311. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself. ” – Oprah Winfrey


312. “If somebody is looking for a bin to throw all their trash into, make sure it’s not in your mind.” – Dalai Lama


313. “You’ll never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air.”


314. “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. ” — Lucille Ball


315. “Sometimes you have to burn a few bridges to keep the crazies from following you. ”


316. Identify your own emotions and needs: Before you can set boundaries, it’s important to be aware of your own emotions and needs. Take time to reflect on what makes you feel comfortable or uncomfortable in different situations


317. “Always know your worth and in what kind of people you’re investing your time because not everyone is worth it. ”


318. “It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life. ” – Robert Tew


319. If you can’t be positive, then at least, be quiet


320. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” – Robert Tew


321. When it’s over, leave. Don’t continue watering a dead flower


322. “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts. ”


323. “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. ” -Brene Brown


324. “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


325. “When someone brings more problems into your life than happiness, it’s time to show them the door where they can exit. ” – Unknown


326. Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty for it


327. “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


328. “Don’t let anyone drain your energy. Cut off those who bring you down and let your spirit thrive.” – Unknown


329. “Some of the most poisonous people come disguised as friends and family.”


330. “When” someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou.


331. “Some people create their own storms and then get mad when it rains. ”


332. “You don't have to feel guilty for cutting them off. It was the right thing to do. And believe me, if it were the other way around. They would have done the same thing too. Choose you, always you.”


333. “The biggest way to solve some problems is to cut people out of your life. You can always let them back in when the time is right.”


334. “Sometimes you have to accept the truth and stop wasting time on the wrong people.”


335. As you move forward in life, you may need to change your circle of friends. Everyone around you isn’t interested in seeing you improve


336. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.”


337. I have no problem with cutting people off…less bullshit for me to deal with


338. “Stop complaining about toxic people. You have the chance now to be better and do something new. Don’t settle where you harbor feelings of loss and guilt. New doors can open for you if you are willing to move forward and drop the negative attitude. ” ― Germany Kent


339. “The only relationships that exist are based on truth. Everything else is just a mutual and isolating delusion. ” ― Stefan Molyneux


340. “Cut people out of your life with no hesitation, no explanation, and no warning if they do phony shit, or if you feel they can’t be trusted. You’re getting too old to be hanging out with people who don’t understand the concept of loyalty. ”


341. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.” ~ John Mark Green


342. “Negative people and situations aren’t deserving of your energy. Choose yourself and your peace.”


343. “It always amazes me how swiftly problems can be solved once


344. “Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty about it.”


345. “Remember… whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you. ” – Ziad K. Abdelnour


346. “Cutting people off doesn't have limits. Family can get cut off too, if they are causing you stress. Eliminate any negativity from your circle.”


347. “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


348. “For your own sake, walk away from drama and complicated people. Even if it means cutting some friends out of your life.”


349. “Cutting toxic people off doesn’t make you a bad person, selfish, or weak. Cutting toxic people off means, you value your integrity over what other people think about you.” Unknown


350. “Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us. ” – Sharon Salzberg


351. “You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage. ” – Chinonye J. Chidolue


352. “Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty for it.” – Trent Shelton


353. “Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.” – Brené Brown


354. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out. ” – Robert Tew


355. “Unhappy people can be very dangerous, don’t forget that.” - S.E. Lynes


356. “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


357. “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


358. “There comes a time in your life when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it.” – Jose N Harris


359. “I’m slowly cutting people off. Because I have some people in my life who should've been cut off a long time a ago. But it’s not been easy to do that.”


360. It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out


361. Never beg anyone to create space for you in their life because if they knew your worth, they would surely create one for you on their own


362. “You can only let someone throw so many stones at you before you pick them all up, put them together and build a wall to keep them from doing it again.”


363. “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


364. “Some people take your energy and put you in a negative place. Sometimes you just have to walk away if this is a regular occurrence.”- Rachael Malloy


365. “If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others want may not be good for you. You are not being mean when you say NO to unreasonable demands or when you express your ideas, feelings, and opinions, even if they differ from those of others. ” -Beverly Engel


366. “Don’t settle for a relationship that won’t let you be yourself. ” — Oprah Winfrey


367. “Cutting toxic people off doesn’t make you a bad person, selfish, or weak. Cutting toxic people off means you value your integrity over what other people think about you. ” – Unknown


368. “It’s okay to cut off their access to you. You get to heal on your own terms.”


369. “People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely.” - Hans F. Hansen


370. “Sometimes, the best way to be happy is to learn to let go of things you tried hard to hold on to that are no longer good for you.”


371. “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


372. “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” - Mahatma Gandhi


373. “Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.”


374. “She thought the jimster (Jack Daniels) would cure whatever was wrong with her- whatever made her feel like she was in a hall of mirrors, watching herself go through the motions of having a riotous good time”


375. “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


376. “Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty about it.” – Trent Shelton


377. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” – Robert Tew.


378. “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


379. “Some people will not hear you regardless of how much, how loud, how truthful, how loving, or how profound you speak. Wish them well and let them go.” ~ Anna Grace Taylor


380. “You don't have to feel guilty for cutting them off. It was the right thing to do. And believe me, if it were the other way around. They would have done the same thing too. Choose you, always you.” - R.M Drake


381. If you’re not losing friends, then you’re not growing up


382. “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


383. “Having healthy boundaries not only requires being able to say “no”, but also being willing and able to enforce that “no” when necessary. ” -Jessica Moore


384. “When you notice someone does something toxic the first time, don’t wait for the second time before you address it. ” – Shahida Arabi


385. “While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it. ”


386. “You create more space in your life when you turn your excess baggage to garbage.” – Chinonye J. Chidolue


387. “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


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


389. “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


390. “If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake. It’s their behavior.” ~ Steve Maraboli


391. “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


392. “It's very possible and very okay to forgive someone and still not want to spend time with them.”


393. “When people have negative mindsets they tend to create problems even in the happiest of situations. ”


394. “Because at some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life. ” – Sandi Lynn


395. “Sometimes you have to make tough decisions for your own good, to not allow more harm to come to yourself and to finally be able to grow from your potential self to your best self.”


396. “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


397. This year, I learned that my late mother’s siblings and my first cousins cut off our family in March, when the eldest sibling of nine children died. On March 2, one of the siblings–Aunt “Rose”– called to inform me that her eldest sibling–my aunt “Veronica”–was dying and had been placed in hospice. She spoke with me for about two hours, relating what happened with her late husband’s dysfunctional and evil family, how they had mistreated him in life and death, etc


398. “People inspire you or they drain you. Pick wisely.” ~ Hans F. Hansen


399. “I used to think that the worst things in life were to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with the people who make you feel alone.” ~ Robin Williams


400. “If somebody is looking for a bin to throw all their trash into, make sure it’s not in your mind.” - Dalai Lama


401. “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


402. “Cutting people out of your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay. ” – Unknown


403. “Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.” – Walter Dean Myers


404. “Stay away from negative people. They drain your energy like vampires suck out human’s blood. Hell. They’re the real ‘dementors’. ”― Riza Prasetyaningsih


405. “Certain people you have to cut off; it's nothing personal. Their part in your story is over and you have to move on. Not everyone is supposed to be permanent in your life. Some people come in like phases to teach us lessons and then leave or you leave them.”


406. “Your time is too valuable to waste it with people who don’t have a dream. People that aren’t going anywhere.” – Joel Osteen


407. “Negativity will distracts you from your goals, so don’t entertain it. ”


408. “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


409. “The best weight to lose is the weight of toxic people who drag you down to their level, where nothing but misery resides.”


410. “It is really exhausting to live in a dictatorship of ‘Me’, which is basically a tyranny of others. ” – Stefan Molyneux


411. I grew to understand that people don’t always build walls to keep others out. It’s done out of a necessity to protect whatever is left within


412. “But I feel myself marooned on the island of my self.”


413. “The presence of the person you hate is far more agonizing than the absence of the person you love. ” ― Shon Mehta


414. “Cutting people off doesn’t have limits. Family can get cut off too, if they are causing you stress. Eliminate any negativity from your circle.”


415. “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


416. “Some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli


417. “Destiny determines who enters your life, but you decide who stays.”


418. “The only cure here was death. They were both gone out of my life.”


419. “Make a habit of shutting down conversations that aim to tear others down. ”


420. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. ”


421. You’ll never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air


422. “It always amaze me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people.” – Joe


423. “I have no problem with cutting people off…less bullshit for me to deal with.”


424. “Positivity can change you for the best. Thus remove the people who take positivity away from you. ”


425. “Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs. ” ― Craig Groeschel


426. “If people don’t make an effort to be in your life, don’t try so hard to be in theirs. It’s not worth it.”


427. “1 Fake friend can do more damage than 5 enemies.”


428. “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


429. “Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. ” – Lucille Ball


430. Sometimes the journey has to be traveled alone in order to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside you


431. “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


432. “Sometimes you have to cut off the dead branches in order to let the healthy ones flourish.” – Unknown


433. “When you delete the unnecessary people from your life, good things will start happening for you and it won’t be a coincidence.”


434. “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


435. “You can’t get someone to change who doesn’t see an issue in their actions.” – Unknown.


436. 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


437. “Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. There is no need to explain or make sense of it. Just trust what you feel.”


438. “People who always tend to be negative don’t have much to themselves but negativity and complaints. Move away from them and lead a happy life.”


439. Losing someone you love isn’t easy, but losing yourself is worse


440. If you lose someone but find yourself, you won


441. Their part in your story is over and you have to move on


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


443. “People who always tend to be negative don’t have much to themselves but negativity and complaints. Move away from them and lead a happy life. ”


444. “If I decide to cut you off for my own good, and not communicate with you anymore, there’s no sneak dissing or dirt throwing on my end because you and your business no longer exist in my world. ” – Unknown


445. “It’s better to let someone walk away from you than to let them walk all over you.”


446. Sometimes your circle decreases in size but increases in value


447. “You begin to slowly lose yourself trying to hold on to someone that never held you to begin with.”


448. “Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you. ” ― Christian Baloga


449. “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.”


450. “Toxic people create chaos, point fingers, shift blame, and avoid taking responsibility. ” – Dr. Anne Brown“


451. “Surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not.” – Jose N Harris


452. “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 Ayivor


453. “Never beg anyone to create space for you in their life because if they knew your worth, they would surely create one for you on their own.”


454. When people don’t deserve me, I cut them off slowly from my life…!!!


455. 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


456. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate. ” – Mandy Hale


457. “You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it.” ~ Mandy Hale


458. Some people are like clouds. When they disappear, it’s a beautiful day


459. “We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.”


460. “If somebody is looking for a bin to throw all their trash into, make sure it’s not in your mind. ” – Dalai Lama


461. “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


462. “Negativity is toxic. If you get busy celebrating life you will have no time for it. If for some reason, you’re not entirely satisfied with your life, boss up and change your situation. ” ― Germany Kent


463. Learn to surround yourself with people who make you better, not bitter


464. “I apologize that I did not inform you of my mother’s passing.” There was no explanation given as to WHY she


465. “Sometimes it’s better to be alone. Nobody can hurt you. ” – Unknown


466. “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


467. “Value yourself more than the people who don’t appreciate you. Keep them in your prayers but out of your life. ”


468. “When you start seeing your worth, you’ll find it harder to stay around people who don’t.”


469. “Sometimes the best way to grow is to subtract.”


470. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. ” – Michael Jordan


471. It doesn’t matter if it is a relationship, a lifestyle, or a job. If it doesn’t make you happy, let it go


472. “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


473. “Toxic people have no concept of boundaries. ” — Sarah Regan


474. “Cutting certain a person out of my life doesn’t mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.”


475. “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


476. “It’s okay to cut off toxic people from your life.”


477. “Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it’s to be whole. ” ― Jane Fonda


478. “Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes.”


479. “Make sure everybody in your boat is rowing and not drilling holes when you're not looking.”


480. “Stay away from people who make you feel you are hard to love.”


481. “Let go of those who are already gone.” Unknown


482. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions. ” — Will Smith


483. “Over time you start noticing that some people just aren’t worth it anymore. Stay away from them. ”


484. Certain people you have to cut off; it’s nothing personal. Their part in your story is over and you have to move on


485. “Don’t reconnect with toxic people just because you are lonely right now. You don’t drink poison when you are thirsty. ” — Etoilepoesie


486. “Controllers, abusers, manipulative people don’t question themselves. They don’t ask themselves if the problem is them. They always say the problem is someone else’s.” ~ Darlene Ouimet


487. I’m slowly cutting people off and they don’t even know it


488. “A toxic person kills, and by kills I mean totally destroys teamwork. ” ― Rands


489. “Some people are like clouds. When they disappear, it’s a beautiful day. ”


490. “Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own.” – Robert Tew.


491. “I don't have time to make people understand my worth. Either you recognize it and treat me right or be cut off.”


492. Don’t be afraid of losing someone who doesn’t feel lucky to have you


493. “The idea is quite simple stay a light year away from people who make you feel less about yourself.”


494. “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


495. “Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by choosing what you will and won’t accept.” – Anna Taylor


496. “Since I cut off certain people there is no hate in my heart.”


497. “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


498. “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


499. “Sometimes you have to cut some people off to stay on. ” – Unknown


500. “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out. ” — Robert Tew


501. “Don't be afraid of losing someone who doesn't feel lucky to have you.”


502. “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


503. “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.”


504. “If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat. ” ― Joyce Rachelle


505. “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


506. “No one would question your choice to cut a cancer out before it consumes your body and affects your livelihood. Why should it be any different with toxic people?”


507. “Stop rebuilding bonds you didn’t break.”


508. “The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.” - Robert E. Baine, Jr.


509. Sometimes you just have to remove people without warning. We are getting too old to be explaining what they already know they are doing wrong


510. “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


511. “An educational strategy to help you maintain your clear boundaries is the JADE technique. JADE is an acronym and it stands for:


512. “Never be a part of that circle which talks about you behind your back. It’s always better to stay away from such negativity. ”


513. “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


514. “I cut people off with no hesitation, no explanation, and no warning. Your friendship card will be revoked if you do some phony stuff or I feel you can’t be trusted. Life is too short and I’m getting too old to be dealing with people who haven’t grasped the concept of loyalty.”


515. “Because at some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.”


516. “The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.” – Alysia Harris


517. Learn to say “no”: Saying “no” is an important skill in setting emotional boundaries. You don’t have to explain yourself, but make sure you communicate your decision respectfully


518. “Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”


519. “I’m so proud of myself for every single decision I’ve made this year. From cutting people off to changing my priorities. ” – Jade Hillary


520. If someone shows you their true colors, don’t try to repaint them


521. “Whether they’re family or friends, manipulators are difficult to escape from. Give in to their demands and they’ll be happy enough, but if you develop a spine and start saying no, it will inevitably bring a fresh round of head games and emotional blackmail. You’ll notice that breaking free from someone else’s dominance will often result in them accusing you of being selfish. Yes, you’re selfish, because you’ve stopped doing what they want you to do for them. Wow. Can these people hear themselves?!” -Rosie Blythe


522. “It always amazes me, how swiftly problems can be solved, once you start cutting things off people. ” – Joe Abercrombie


523. “You deserve peace, and sometimes that means cutting off people who prevent you from achieving it.” – Unknown


524. “The toxic residue of humanity – you have to guard yourself, guard that sensitivity even more heavily because otherwise you can pick up so many pollutants that you’ll become more toxic. ” ― Frederick Lenz


525. “Sometimes it’s better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible. ” – Karen Salmansohn


526. “Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you. ” — Unknown


527. “Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”


528. “You don’t lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends, and you’re better for it. ” -Mandy Hale


529. “Sometimes toxic people are so resistant to change that therapy does not really help them – but they send everybody else into therapy to find ways to cope. ” ― Amy Dickinson


530. “As we grow up, we realize it’s less important to have a ton of friends, and more important to have real ones.”


531. “If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coehlo


532. “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


533. When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start to happen


534. “Sometimes you just have to accept the fact that some people only enter your life as a temporary happiness.”


535. Either you recognize it and treat me right or be cut off


536. “To protect oneself’s best interests and mental health, it’s best to cut off negative relationships. The memories perhaps were great, you’ll always be grateful for what it was at the time, but like failed relationships, it’s time to move one. You don’t have to be friends with everyone forever. You need to set clear and firm boundaries that people around you should not cross to protect your best interests and mental health.” – Dandan Zhu


537. Unsuccessful people just hate, blame and complain


538. “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


539. “The best way to get over someone is to cut off all ties. ” – Unknown


540. “It’s not easy to detach from people you’ve had close ties with but sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your mind peace.”


541. “Sometimes you gotta cut everybody off to get back in bag.”


542. “We all have those toxic people that make our lives miserable…The day we take them out of our lives, we will all become better people; including them.” ~ Rodolfo Peon


543. “You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served. ” – Nina Simone


544. I used to think that the worst things in life were to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with the people who make you feel alone.


545. “I wish cutting ties would have made you bleed; you deserve a little pain for the things you did to me.” – Jessica Kateff


546. “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


547. “Sometimes, you cut off people and you don’t even let them know that you aren’t messing with them anymore. A lot of people cut themselves off because they can’t deal with the new stuff that you have going on.” – Kirko Bangz


548. “I no longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up. ”


549. “Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs and cutting loose debris that’s impeding forward motion.” ~ David Allen


550. Don’t let anyone rent space in your head unless they are a good tenant


551. “Let go of those who are already gone. ” – Unknown


552. “Do not allow negative people to turn you into one of them. ”


553. “If you attach to the negative behavior of others it brings you down to their level.” – Guru Singh


554. “Sometimes you outgrow people. Don’t try to fix or repair, just accept it and move on.” ~ Chris Sain Jr.


555. If I cut you off, chances are, you handed me the scissors


556. “People who are negative are either lonely, broke or bored. Better to cut them off.”


557. “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


558. “The best defence is to keep off the radar of negative people. ”― Steven Redhead


559. “The best way to move forward is to let go of the people holding you back.” – Unknown.


560. “Cut people from your life that honestly wouldn’t contribute to anyone’s life. It will be an opportunity for both you and them to grow.”


561. “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…”


562. “There comes a time in your life where you walk away from all the drama and the people who create it.” ~ Jose Harris


563. “Cutting toxic people off doesn’t make you a bad person, selfish, or weak. Cutting toxic people off means you value your integrity over what other people think about you.”


564. “Cutting toxic people out of your life is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of self-respect.” – Unknown


565. “Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.”


566. “An oppressive nature is like inclement weather, surrounding others and crushing them down with its infectious gloom. ” – Stewart Stafford


567. You can unsubscribe anytime


568. Demean your value


569. “You only have so much emotional energy each day. Don’t spend it on things that don’t matter or on people who don’t value your time.”


570. “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


571. “You don’t cut off a toxic family member because you suddenly stopped caring about them. You cut them off because you finally started caring about yourself.”


572. Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. There is no need to explain or make sense of it. Just trust what you feel


573. “It’s better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.” – Phil Mc Graw


574. “Never hold on to someone or something that doesn’t wanna stay.”


575. “Toxic people are people who cause harm to another, often through emotional manipulation. ” — Perpetua Neo


576. “Handling toxic people is not an art, they will be the victim of their own toxicity. ” – P. S. Jagadeesh Kumar


577. “Willy seemed like an inhabitant of some other dimension who could only tenuously communicate with the ordinary world. This would have troubled her less if she had not imagined his other dimension as a place of horror.”


578. “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


579. “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.”


580. “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


581. It’s that simple


582. “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


583. “You don’t lose when you push away the wrong people. There’s some people you truly need to take out and keep out of your life.”


584. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end low vibrational relationship or friendship — you won.” – Lalah Delia


585. “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


586. “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.


587. “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


588. ”At some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Sandi Lynn


589. I don’t have time to make people understand my worth. Either you recognize it and treat me right or be cut off


590. “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


591. “It’s okay for someone or something to be a part of your history and not the whole story of your life.”


592. It’s not easy to detach from people you’ve had close ties with, but sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your mind peace


593. “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


594. “Certain people you have to cut off; it’s nothing personal. Their part in your story is over and you have to move on.”


595. “People who try to bring you down everyday aren’t important in your life, so you better treat their opinions as such. ” – Terry Mark


596. “If you can go a couple days without talking to me, go a couple more… I’m straight.”


597. “Life is too short to tolerate nonsense. Cut out negativity, ignore gossip, and let go of fake people who live for drama.”


598. “I no longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up.”


599. “Cutting people off gets easier and easier.”


600. And after all these pointless fights, wasted days, mental breakdowns, broken promises, and mendacious beliefs, I think I’m better off alone


601. “It’s okay to cut off toxic people from your life.” Cutting Ties Quotes


602. “I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet. ” – Mahatma Gandhi


603. “Let negative people live their negative lives with their negative minds. ”― Moosa Rahat


604. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end low vibrational relationship or friendship — you won. ” – Lalah Delia


605. After I worked through the emotions of shock, hurt, betrayal–and great ANGER that my brothers and I had been treated as if we did not exist– I concluded that my mother’s family had collectively decided NOT to inform us of Veronica’s death or her funeral rites. I decided that I would return to my mother’s family what they had given us–COLD, GLACIAL SILENCE. I reasoned that, since their egregious, cruel behavior was extremely bizarre


606. “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” – George Bernard Shaw


607. “Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!” ― Israelmore Ayivor


608. “Don’t waste your energy on things you can’t change. Walk away from toxic people and hopeless situations.”


609. “Some people create their own storms and then get mad when it rains.”


610. “You don’t have to feel guilty for cutting them off. It was the right thing to do. And believe me, if it were the other way around. They would have done the same thing too. Choose you, always you. ” – R. M Drake


611. “You don’t have to cut those people off; God will block them for you!”


612. “Start ignoring people who threaten your joy. Literally, ignore them. Say nothing. Don’t invite any parts of them into your space. ”


613. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. ” — Cheryl Strayed


614. “We do not have to be mental health professionals to identify the traits of the possible sociopaths among us. ” ― P. A. Speers


615. “I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet.” – Mahatma Gandhi


616. “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


617. “While you can’t control someone’s negative behavior, you can control how long you participate in it.”


618. Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution


619. “Never beg for a friendship or a relationship with anyone. If you don’t receive the same efforts you give, cut them off.”


620. “There are some people who will never see you as being good enough. That is their shortcoming, not yours. Be merciful enough to yourself to cut them out of your life. ” – Steve Maraboli


621. “ou think that the people you push away will eventually leave because there is something about you deep down that you think is unlovable. People leave because you push them away. You first treat them like they are very important to you and then in an eye blink you cut them off.”


622. Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having


623. “A negative and toxic person never feels teased with the genuine presence of the pretenders in his network and he always feels pleased with the absence of the genuine leader in his circle. ” ― Anuj


624. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. ” – Albert Einstein


625. “We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.” - Steve Maraboli


626. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” – Carlos Wallace


627. “One of the hardest decisions you’ll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder. ” – Ziad K. Abdelnour


628. “Sometimes you have to unfollow people in real life.”


629. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate. Fumigate. ” ― Mandy Hale


630. “But all this, all this shift and change, thought Bellamy, is part of the vast lie which surrounds me and wherein I move from one fantasy to another. I wanted to escape to solitude and darkness in a holy place, but the dark is just the old dark of meaninglessness and falsehood, which separates me from my friends and from the real world where people love and help each other.”


631. “Listen to positive people and ignore negative ones. People who doubt, judge, and disrespect you are not worth your time and attention.”


632. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your


633. “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


634. Your opinion is not my reality


635. When my circle got smaller, my vision got clearer


636. “Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch. ” – Frank Sonnenberg


637. “Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don’t hesitate.”


638. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself. Do your own thing and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you and stay.” ~ Will Smith


639. “Sometimes you have to distance yourself from people to see who truly matters.” – Unknown


640. Cutting people out of your life doesn’t mean you hate them, it simply means you respect yourself. Not everyone is meant to stay


641. “Cut off anybody who interferes with your happiness.”


642. “To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals. ”― Michael Bassey Johnson


643. “Let go of those who are already gone.”


644. Disbelieve your opinions


645. “You do not cut people out of your life randomly, because you are ‘rude’ or ‘mean’ or ‘petty’. You cut people out of your life consciously, once you realize they aren’t around to add to your happiness, but rather, only to take from it. That is putting Self Love first. ”


646. “Standing alone is better than standing with people who hurt you.”


647. “Sometimes you have to cut ties with people who aren’t good for you. The love isn’t lost, but the communication isn’t healthy. We move on.”


648. Drive you crazy


649. “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


650. “Your peace of mind should never be compromised. Cut off anyone who disturbs your mental well-being.” – Unknown


651. “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.”


652. “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.”


653. “Cutting off toxic people is an act of self – care.”


654. “If you attach to the negative behavior of others it brings you down to their level. ” – Guru Singh


655. “I did the same and I can’t explain how happy I am now. There comes a time when you have no choice but to cut off in order to respect yourself and live in harmony.” – Sandra Barbir


656. “Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.”


657. “Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you can add to your happiness. Let go of people who do none of these things.”


658. “Since I cut off certain people there is no hate in my heart. ” – Unknown


659. “Some people take your energy and put you in a negative place. Sometimes you just have to walk away if this is a regular occurrence.”


660. When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts


661. “You are only going to be as good as the people you surround yourself with so be brave enough to let go of those who keep putting you down. ”


662. “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” ~ Lao Tzu quote


663. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ” – Eleanor Roosevelt


664. “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


665. Dispose your dreams


666. “We don’t get to choose our family, but we can choose our friends.


667. “Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”


668. “Never argue with stupid people, because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. ” — Mark Twain


669. “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


670. “It's so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It's like the trash took itself out.”


671. “Toxic people only change their victims, never themselves. Remember that. ” — Soulja Boy


672. The obituary stated that the funeral would be Saturday, March 7. By the time I read the obituary that Saturday evening, Veronica’s service had already been held at her church that afternoon, and she had already been interred. I tried calling my aunt Rose, another aunt, and Uncle Jerry that Saturday evening. No one picked up their telephones to answer. I was forced to conclude that our family had been deliberately cut off, and NOT ONE of the five remaining siblings of my mother’s family EVER called after this to inform us that Veronica died! No one texted or emailed us


673. “Before, I used to be afraid of being alone. Now, I’m afraid of having the wrong people as company.”


674. “Sometimes you have to burn a few bridges to keep the crazies from following you.”


675. “Cutting people off doesn’t mean you hate them; it simply means you respect yourself enough to move on.” – Unknown


676. “Sometimes we have to cut off the dead branches in our lives because that’s the only way to keep the tree alive.” ~ Nicole Williams


677. “There are people who break you down by just being them. They need not do anything. Dissociate” ― Malebo Sephodi


678. After venting with friends, I concluded that, although I could forgive the transgression of my mother’s family,


679. Cutting people off doesn’t have limits. Family can get cut off too if they’re causing you stress. Eliminate any negativity from your circle


680. “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


681. “I used to think that the worst things in life were to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with the people who make you feel alone. ” -Robin Williams


682. “You’ll never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air. ” – Unknown


683. “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


684. “I have a limit and when you reach it I dismiss you from my life. It’s that simple.”


685. One of the hardest decisions you’ll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder


686. “It’s okay to cut ties with toxic friends and family you’ve got to prioritize your own well-being.” – Brenden Dilley


687. “It is really exhausting to live in a dictatorship of ‘Me’, which is basically a tyranny of others. ” ― Stefan Molyneux


688. “In order to reach your highest potential, it is imperative that you remove all negative people from your life. ” ― Germany Kent


689. “Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others, usually spend no time correcting their own. ”


690. “If I cut you off, chances are, you handed me the scissors.”


691. “Be ruthless in cutting out distractions. Your dreams need your energy right now.”


692. “Sometimes your circle decreases in size but increases in value. ” -Unknown


693. “Cut off fake people for real reasons, not real people for fake reasons. ” – Unknown


694. When they disappear, it’s a beautiful day


695. “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


696. “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.”


697. “It’s not a good sign when you spend time with someone and feel more drained when you leave than when you arrived.”


698. “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


699. “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


700. “Cutting someone completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty about it. ”


701. “The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become. ” – Unknown


702. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.” – Cheryl Strayed


703. “it is possible and okay to forgive someone and still not want to spend time with them.” Karen Salmansoh


704. ‘Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that’s the only way we can keep the tree alive. It’s hard and it hurts, but it’s what’s best. ’ -Nicole Williams


705. Learning to ignore certain people is one of the greatest paths to inner peace. Life gets easier when you delete those who make it difficult


706. “You lose yourself trying to hold onto someone who doesn’t care about losing you.” ~ Tablo


707. “We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit. ” – Dr. Steve Maraboli


708. There comes a time in your life when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living


709. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships. ” – John Mark Green


710. Not everyone is meant to stay


711. Standing alone is better than standing with people who hurt you


712. “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


713. “When someone brings more problems into your life than happiness, it’s time to show them the door where they can exit.”


714. “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


715. “Once you realize you deserve better, letting go will be the best decision ever. Instant inner peace.”


716. Deframe your abilities and


717. Cutting people from your life does not mean you hate them. It simply means you respect yourself


718. “The best way to get over someone is to cut off all ties.”


719. “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


720. “Sometimes you have to cut ties with people who aren’t good for you. The love isn’t lost, but the communication isn’t healthy. We move on.” – Unknown


721. Stay away from people who make you feel you are hard to love


722. “I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet.”


723. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt


724. “Stop rebuilding bonds you didn’t break. ”


725. “Cutting people off doesn’t have limits. Family can get cut off too, if they are causing you stress. Eliminate any negativity from your circle. ”


726. “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!”


727. “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


728. “Learn to surround yourself with people who make you better, not bitter. ”


729. You never know how toxic something is until you breathe fresher air


730. “I found peace of mind when I walked away from small fights not worth fighting.” – Dana Arcuri


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


732. “When people don’t deserve me, I cut off them slowly from my life…!!!”


733. “Keeping bad company is like being in a germ-infested area. You never know what you’ll catch.” – Frank Sonnenberg


734. Do not allow negative people to turn you into one of them


735. “I can’t be around people who think my growth is competition.


736. “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


737. “As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.” – John Mark Green


738. “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


739. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception.”


740. “Deciding to finally cut ties with the people in your life who consistently hurt you isn’t enough; you must also decide to cut ties with the version of yourself who allowed that shit to continue for as long as it did.” – Cici B


741. “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.”


742. “Some people take your energy and put you in a negative place. Sometimes you just have to walk away if this is a regular occurrence. ” – Rachael Malloy


743. “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 what won’t accept.” ~ Anna Taylor


744. “If I cut you off, chances are you handed me the scissors.”


745. “Don’t confuse “familiar” with “acceptable”. Toxic relationships can fool you like that. ” – Steve Maraboli


746. “I hate it when people say, “they’re still your family. ” Just because someone is your family doesn’t mean you have to keep them in your life if they’re toxic. Blood means nothing sometimes. Don’t let people guilt you into being in contact with someone who isn’t good for your mental health. ”


747. “If someone shows you their true colors, don’t try to repaint them.”


748. “Don’t be afraid of losing people, be afraid of losing yourself trying to please everyone else around you.”


749. “You never know how toxic something is until you breathe fresher air.”


750. Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that’s the only way we can keep the tree alive. It’s hard and it hurts, but it’s what’s best


751. “Boundaries we set for our life are important, life-saving even. A lot of hurt comes from allowing others to guilt us into breaking them. ” -Zara Hairston


752. “Once you realize you deserve better, letting go will be the best decision ever. ”


753. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception. ” ― Carlos Wallace


754. “Toxic people don’t like it when others see through them, so they’ll do all they can to make everyone else look like a monster. ” – Nitya Prakash


755. “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


756. “Keep people in your life who love you, motivate you, encourage you, enhance you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of those things, then let them go.”


757. “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


758. “I don’t have a problem with those who don’t like me. But I do have a problem with those who pretend to.” ~ Trent Shelton


759. “People don’t change. They just take their masks off.”


760. Be firm and consistent: Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself when someone crosses your boundary. Be firm in expressing your needs and stick to them consistently


761. “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


762. I have some people in my life who should’ve been cut off a long time ago


763. “The less you respond to negative people, the more positive your life will become.” ~ Paulo Coehlo


764. “If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake; it’s just their behavior.”


765. “Toxic people create chaos, point fingers, shift blame and avoid taking responsibility. ” – Dr. Anne Brown RNMS


766. “Cutting contact with toxic people will transform your life. At first, it feels miserable. Like you’re going cold turkey from an addiction. But as time goes on, you come to discover that each passing day brings unexpected new blessings. You begin to develop self-respect, boundaries, and true friendships. Instead of running around absorbing and forgiving everything, you spend time with people who do not behave in a way that requires constant explaining to begin with. This freedom allows your spirit to thrive. Someday, you will look back and wonder how you even tolerated interacting with such unhealthy people. Your new self begins to feel protective of your old self, and that’s a pretty neat place to be!” – Jackson Mackenzie


767. “Don’t be scared to cut off jealous, hateful, disrespectful, and disloyal people. You’re better off with them.”


768. “Sometimes you just have to remove people without warning. We are getting too old to be explaining what they already know they are doing is wrong.”


769. They have a problem for every solution


770. “Sometimes you have to cut some people off to stay on.”


771. “One of my biggest problems is that I’m constantly torn between cutting people off and being patient with them. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who you have to go through a storm with in order to see the sunshine, and who’s just toxic and not meant to be in your life.”


772. “Sometimes you have to cut ties with people who aren’t good for you. The love isn’t lost, but the communication isn’t healthy. We move on. ” – Unknown


773. “Avoid negative people, for they are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.”– Auliq Ice


774. “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” ~ Albert Einstein


775. “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


776. If you can’t figure out where you stand with someone, it might be time to stop standing and start walking


777. “When you learn how much you are worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts.” Unknown


778. “Give yourself permission to immediately walk away from anything that gives you bad vibes. There is no need to explain or make sense of it. Just trust what you feel. ” -Unknown


779. “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


780. “Silent treatment is a great approach towards learning your worth and changing your ways towards people who did you wrong. ” – Unknown


781. “My encouragement; delete the energy vampires from your life, clean out all the complexity, build a team around you that frees you to fly, remove anything toxic, and cherish simplicity. Because that’s where genius lives.” ~ Robin Sharma


782. “I run, I run, I am gathered to your heart. But no, she thought, it's not like that. I am alone. I cannot reach anybody.”


783. I no longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up


784. “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


785. “Surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, and cut off those who only see your flaws.” – Unknown


786. “Just because someone is your family doesn’t mean you have to keep them around if they are toxic or abusive. Don’t let people guilt you. ” ― Winnie Nantongo


787. “Complaints of feeling cut off, shut off, out of touch, feeling apart or strange, of things being out of focus or unreal, of not feeling one with people, or of the point having gone out of life, interest flagging, things seeming futile and meaningless, all describe in various ways this state of mind. Patients usually call it 'depression', but it lacks the heavy, black, inner sense of brooding, of anger and of guilt, which are not difficult to discover in classic depression. Depression is really a more extraverted state of mind, which, while the patient is turning his aggression inwards against himself, is part of a struggle not to break out into overt angry and aggressive behaviour. The states described above are rather the 'schizoid states'. They are definitely introverted. Depression is object-relational. The schizoid person has renounced objects, even though he still needs them.”


788. “Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.”


789. Keep people in your life who truly love you, encourage you, and make you happy. If you have people who do none of these things, let them go


790. “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


791. Even the nicest people have their limits


792. “You have to learn how to drop people without a warning… We’re getting too old to explain to people what they know they’re doing wrong.”


793. “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


794. “You'll never really see how toxic someone is until you breathe fresher air.”


795. “Who has time for toxic relationships? If someone isn’t honoring your feelings, it’s not a real relationship. If you feel drained after spending time with someone, that’s a red flag!” ― Doreen Virtue


796. “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


797. “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


798. “Cutting off negative people doesn’t mean you hate them. It simply means you love yourself more.” – Unknown


799. It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life


800. “Cutting off ties with the wrong people can simply give you a clear direction for new beginning and new growth.”


801. “When people assume you’ll always be there and start treating you carelessly, that’s when you need to cut them off.”


802. “I’m so proud of myself for every single decision I’ve made this year. From cutting people off to changing my priorities.” – Jade Hillary


803. “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


804. “Losing someone you love isn’t easy, but losing yourself is worse.”


805. “If I cut you off, chances are, you handed me the scissors. ” – Unknown


806. You can never win an argument with a negative person. They only hear what suits them and listen only to respond


807. “Cutting people off is starting to become a hobby. Who’s next?”


808. “Destiny determines who enters your life, but you decide who stays. ” – Unknown


809. “Even a family member can be a negative person in your life and that is not always easy to accept or to do something about if for your own sake. But it can become necessary to at least limit the time you spend with someone to be able to grow as a person and improve your self-worth.”


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


811. “The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free.” – Steve Maraboli


812. “I’m slowly cutting people off and they don’t even know it.”


813. “It's not easy to detach from people you've had close ties with, but sometimes it's necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your mind peace.”


814. “Sometimes the journey has to be traveled alone in order to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside you.”


815. “Toxic relationships are like a good pasta that has been overcooked. ” – Asa Don Brown


816. “Cutting people from your life does not mean you hate them. It simply means you respect yourself.”


817. “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


818. “I’ve had to cut people that I love out of my life or distance myself from ‘friends’ not because I don’t love them but because they were causing unnecessary stress in my life. It’s worked so far, I’m happy me again.”- Nadine Barnes


819. “Stay a light year away from people who make you feel less about yourself.” – Mohith Agadi


820. “I am not kind. I cut people off as with shears and I drop them like nettles.” – Edna O’Brien


821. “People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely. ” – Hans F. Hansen


822. “Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else. ” – Cheryl Strayed


823. Since I cut off certain people there is no hate in my heart


824. Make a habit of shutting down conversations that aim to tear others down


825. “Cutting people out of your life is easy. Keeping them in is hard.” – Walter Dean Myers.


826. “You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served.”


827. “I will cut people out of my life with no hesitation, no explanation, and no warning if they do phony shit, or I feel they can’t be trusted. I’m getting too old to be hanging out with people who don’t understand the concept of loyalty.”


828. “Sick of the excuse ‘they’re still your mom/dad/sister/brother/friend… etc. ’ No, toxic is toxic. You have the right to cut anyone off that’s unhealthy for you. Period. ”


829. There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting is not with you, it is with themselves


830. Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others, usually spend no time to correct their own


831. “I’m so protective of me now. I’ll cut someone off for simply having the wrong energy.”


832. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. ” — Dr. Steve Maraboli


833. “Cutting people completely off from your life is sometimes necessary for your peace. Don’t feel guilty about it.”


834. “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


835. “Never rely on another person to make you feel whole. ” – Karen Salmansohn


836. “Hatred is toxic to you and those around you. The condition should be treated with understanding and love until it is healed. ” ― Leon Brown


837. “People who are negative are either lonely, broke, or bored. Better to cut them off. ”


838. “You can never win an argument with a negative person. They only hear what suits them and listen only to respond.”


839. “When you say “yes” to others, make sure you aren’t saying “no” to yourself.” ~ Paulo Coelho

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