Toxic Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old toxic quotes, toxic sayings, and toxic proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs. Craig Groeschel
Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal. Deepak Chopra
Hatred is toxic to you and those around you. The condition should be treated with understanding and love until it is healed. Leon Brown
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
This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough. Jane Fonda
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
The toxic effect of carbon monoxide on man has nothing to do with inhibition of cellular respiration by carbon monoxide but is based on the reaction of carbon monoxide with blood iron. Otto Heinrich Warburg
I think a toxic message in a lot of Christianity has been that the self has to be annihilated in order for God to be found. I think that has been a toxic message. Barbara Brown Taylor
What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing. Joseph Prince