What is a fake friend and how to end a false friendship? Spot the red-flags with these fake friends quotes and sayings and leave for good.
When you have a real friend that cares about you, you just know. However, it’s not that easy to spot who your fake friends are.
They are only nice when you are around, but will talk behind your back the second you leave. They gossip about you, spread rumors about you. And they feel entitled for your time and attention. But when you need them, they are nowhere to be found.
Having one or two fake friends in your life is not your problem. People only show their true colors with time. And it could be heartbreaking to accept that someone might not be a real friend. However, cutting someone that takes advantage of you is your responsibility. After all, fake people do more harm than good.
So here is a list of fake friend quotes to spot them from the crowd, and to give you the strength to cut them off. Time to perform a social circle health check.
Table of content
- Quotes about the signs of fake friends
- Empowering quotes to cut off your fake friends
- Status quotes and fake friend captions
Quotes about the signs of fake friends
How to spot a fake friend? What are the signs of a fake friend or a fake person? Check out these quotes and you may have the answer.
Fake friends don’t celebrate your success
Pay close attention to those that don’t clap when you win.
When they see you’re doing better without them, that’s when they want you back.
They don’t miss you when you’re gone. They miss you when you move on.
They’re not happy for you because they wish it were them.
– Carlos Wallace
Fake friends only reach out when they need something
They never text you back, but then you see them on Instagram.
They ignore you now, but they need you later.
Some people were only friends because you saw them five times a week.
Some of my “best friends” never say a word to me.
– Emily Smallmon
Fake friendship is a one-way street
Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour.
– Khalil Gibran
True friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but they are always there.
– Habeeb Akande
A true friend will not treat you like a doormat.
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Friends are supposed to cheer you up when you cry, not the reason why you cry.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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They are only around when you are doing good
Fake friends are around you when they think you are cool. True friends are around you even when they think you are a fool.
Fake people are like soap bubbles. They pop out when the sun shines brightly.
– Chiranjude Bird
You never know what they do behind your back
Don’t fear the enemies who attack you, fear the fake friends that hug you.
They stab you and pretend they are the ones bleeding.
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Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you.
Once they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.
Sometimes you put up walls – not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
– Socrates
You won’t need to explain your side of the story to a true friend.
Fake friends abuse your trust
Fake people say a lot of words that they don’t keep.
You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.
– Sophie Kinsella
Sometimes the person you are willing to take the bullet for is the one who pulls the trigger.
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Fake friends are with you today and against you tomorrow.
– Shizra
They show their true colors
Fake friends get mad when we don’t pretend to like them.
– Carlos Wallace
Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do.
– Wayne Gerard Trotman
Stop texting first and see how many dead plants you’ve been watering.
–@WhosMental
They play victims in crimes they committed.
Fake friends consume you
7 things negative people will do to you:
1. Demean your value
2. Destroy your image
3. Drive you crazy
4. Dispose your dreams
5. Discredit your imagination
6. Deframe your abilities and
7. Disbelieve your opinions
– Israelmore Ayivor
1 fake friend can do more damage than 5 enemies.
When others are telling you so
Parents notice your fake friends before you do.
They make you feel like an option
Stop being the “go-to” for someone you can’t go to.
Fake friends make you feel like you are a second choice.
They always have time for others but they skip you.
Empowering quotes to cut off your fake friends
You don’t lose anything when you lose fake friends.
Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.
– Will Smith
Read also: 38 Empowering quotes that will help you to heal from a toxic relationship
A friend that stabs you in the back is worse than an enemy that slaps you in the face.
Fake friends often save you from being naive.
– Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
People don’t change. They just take their masks off.
We never lose friends; fake ones are exposed.
– Carlos Wallace
Sometimes the bridges you burn light the right way.
Stop giving chances to those who don’t deserve them.
Stop rebuilding bonds you didn’t break.
If you text, call, visit and still get ignored, walk away. It’s called self-respect.
Never give your attention to someone who deserves your silence.
– Emma Xu
Stop sending paragraphs to those who reply with an emoji.
You must learn who is gold and who is simply gold-plated.
Quit making someone your priority while all you are to them is an option.
Stop crossing oceans for people who won’t jump puddles for you.
Status quotes and fake friend captions
It’s not easy to break up with fake friends. But the longer you stay, the more you are consumed. Drop these quotes as a statement to the fake people in your life. It’s time to cut them off for good.
You were never there.
One day you will be back, just to see my back.
You are my lesson learned.
Disappointed but not surprised.
I don’t need therapy. I need new friends.
Solitude is a better friend than you.
Do these fake friends quotes resonate with you?
Having fake friends sucks. But once you leave them, you have more room for people that actually care about you. And don’t forget to share it with someone who may need a wake-up call.
Wednesday 28th of February 2024
they think your the promble
Dhari
Wednesday 21st of February 2024
I trust them but they disappointed me😔 they ignore me
Monday 27th of November 2023
I relate to a lot of this stuff and I have the same situations as everyone else here. Whenever I think they really want me, they just ask me for something and then they leave me and I'm thinking to myself, am I really important? Do I have a purpose in life?
Delaney
Thursday 9th of November 2023
Be careful to the ones that don’t text you or the ones that leave you on read
Thursday 9th of November 2023
Pay attention to the people who talk to someone and in front of you and said they from my old school you don’t know them but if they are from your old school how do they know them?