Top Quotes for Breakups

There are several different stages to navigate in your post-relationship mindset.

Whether your heartbreak is fresh or you’re ready to dip your toes back into the dating pool, these quotes for breakups will help you feel strong, positive, and supported. 

Stay strong during your breakup

When you’re first going through a breakup, it’s tempting to go back to your relationship… even if you know it’s not right for you. 

Stay strong! 

Read these quotes for breakups to remind you that you deserve to be happy in life and in love.

1. You are allowed to walk away from any relationship that's dangerous to your mental health.
2. Don't ask yourself why they keep hurting you. Ask yourself why you keep letting them.
3. You lose a piece of yourself every time you forgive them for hurting you.
4. Trust actions, not words. People can lie easily, but what they do gives them away.
5. Walk away from anyone who's busy finding your faults while you're busy overlooking theirs.
6. Seeing people for who they are underneath the surface can open your eyes but break your heart.
7. You deserve relationships that make you feel safe, secure, and seen. Your mental health is more important than any relationship.
8. Some people are just so unhappy with themselves that they need someone else to project it on.
9. When they leave, let them.
10. You may not be ready to hear it yet, but somewhere out there is someone who will spend the rest of their life loving you the way you deserve to be loved.
11. Head high, chin up. Walk away and reclaim your power.
12. Everything happens for a reason. It's okay if you don't know what that reason is, yet.
13. The sooner you cut off their access to you, the sooner you'll heal.
14. Their betrayal deserves your silence.
15. Missing someone is never a good enough reason to give them a chance to hurt you again.
16. Toxicity doesn't deserve your energy.
17. Love yourself enough to walk away from people who don't treat you right. 
18. Losing someone who doesn't value you isn't a loss, it's a gain.
19. Your wounds will never heal if you don't stop touching them.
20. You can't control people. But you can control who gets to be in your life.

Be happy while you’re single

Once the tears stop flowing, it’s time to start enjoying life again!

But if you’re not quite ready to date, these quotes for breakups will remind you of how happy you can be while staying single. 

1. You're worth so much more than an unread text or late-night phone call. Stay single until you find what you deserve.
2. Never trade your peace for a relationship. Stay single until you find someone who offers you both.
3. Stay single until you meet someone who knows how to love you.
4. Anyone can say they love you. Wait for the one who shows you they mean it.
5. Stop looking for the right person, and start working on becoming the right person.
6. Being single means you get to live the life you want, without explaining it to anyone else.
7. You are the love of your own life. Never forget that.
8. Putting yourself first is a sign of strength.
9. You have to find the happiness in your own heart before you can find it in someone else.
10. You're the prize; don't chase anyone.
11. One day, you'll meet someone and realize just how you were meant to be loved back.
12. Keep dating until you find the person who feels like home.
13. Fall in love with yourself, spoil yourself, date yourself.
14. You deserve someone who never lets you forget how amazing you are.
15. Don't be so busy trying to fall in love that you forget to love yourself first.
16. You're better off alone than in a relationship that makes you feel lonely.
17. There's no expiration date on love. You'll meet your soulmate when the time is right.
18. Accept your awesomeness, and reject anyone who doesn't see it as clearly as you do.
19. You don't need a fairy tale. You can live Happily Ever After on your own.
20. You’re not single because you lack options. You’re single because you have choices.

When you’re ready to start dating again

Sooner than you expect, you’ll find that your heart has healed. 

You’re ready to date again. 

These quotes will help you put the past behind you and open your heart to loving again. 

1. If you can't get someone out of your head, maybe they're meant to be there.
2. The right person is worth the wait.
3. It's amazing how someone you just met can feel like home.
4. There's nothing like seeing someone's face light up just because you walked into the room. 
5. You know you spent the day with the right person when you go to bed at night wishing the day had lasted forever. 
6. Someone who loves you will fall in love with every version of you. 
7. The best love is the one that comes as a surprise when you aren't even looking.
8. When you accidentally lock eyes with the one you love and realize that they were watching you, too… Best feeling ever.
9. Sometimes you meet someone and you realize you've been missing them since before you knew them.
10. When the person you picture when you close your eyes is there when you open them, you know you've found love.
11. Somewhere, someone is thinking of you and smiling, too.
12. Fall in love with someone who inspires you to be the best version of yourself, every day.
13. Letting someone hold your hand is romance. Letting them hold your heart is trust.
14. Happiness is finding your best friend and soulmate in the same person.
15. Falling in love is knowing you could get hurt, but you do it anyway.
16. In your life, you'll meet hundreds of people. But there's one that will change you forever.
17. The greatest relationships are the ones that take you by surprise. 
18. When you're in love, one plus one equals so much more than two.
19. Instead of a happy ending, choose a love story that never ends.
20. You can never love too much; you can never be loved too much.

Final Thoughts

Almost everyone goes through a breakup at some point. And no matter how painful it may feel in the beginning, eventually,  your heart will be ready to love again. 

But while you’re still going through the healing journey, these quotes for breakups will support you and remind you that you deserve the relationship you dream of. 

And if you need more uplifting quotes, for heartbreak or other difficult times, check out the Motivation app. With dozens of categories to choose from, you’ll find exactly the inspiration you need, when you need it.