200+ Fake Family Quotes to Help You Heal and Move On

It can be hard to let go of the toxic relationships in our lives, especially if they are family members. We often feel like we have no choice, or that we are obligated to stay in these relationships because of blood ties. But the truth is, your relatives are not automatically your family just because you share DNA. Family is something that you choose, and it’s time to start choosing wisely. In this blog post, we will be sharing over 200 fake family quotes to help inspire you to let go of the toxicity and move on to better things!

Fake Family Quotes About Integrity

Talking badly about someone else while they aren’t there to defend themselves says more about you than the person you’re talking about.

Don’t tell me what they say about me. Tell me why they feel comfortable telling you.

You use me I will throw you if you stay loyal to me, I will respect you.

If your actions are dictated by who might be watching, they’ll never be genuine—and neither will you. — Vincent H. O’Neil

Honesty and integrity are the best revenge you can give to fake relatives.

If your presence, doesn’t matter, better leave them alone.

Life is full of fake people but before you decide to judge them, make sure you’re not one of them.

Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.

Feigned interest is worse than brutal honesty. — Stewart Stafford

A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.

Fake Family Quotes About Money

So, you want to sniff out imposters in your family? Just put money in the equation and see what happens.

People only throw shade on what’s shining. — Genereux Philip

The best way to expose them is to let a major event occur where money is concerned.

I wish people were like money so I could hold them to the light to see which ones are real.

Fake Family Quotes About Toxic People

Fake people are like soap bubbles, they pop out when the sun shines brightly.

I hate people when they pretend to be nice to you and later leave you because you have no use to them.

One of the biggest flaws of people is pretending to be blind to their own mistakes, but do not pretend deaf towards the mistakes of others.

Better an honest enemy than a false friend. — German Proverb

The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters. — Steve Maraboli

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. — Alice Walker

A real situation will always expose a fake friend.

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

Most people want to see you do better, but not do better than them.

The fake people do not dare to come out from their mask and face the truth of the real ones. — Ehsan Sehgal

Fake relationships and fake people coming up to me and all of a sudden wanting to be my friend. — Jason Ritter

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

You should be aware of fake friends because it is the hardest to be aware of. — Eraldo Banovac

If I am important to you, you won’t avoid me like a contagious disease.

You see a person’s true colors when you are no longer beneficial to their life.

A dysfunctional family is not a family at all, it’s a toxic relationship parading as a requirement.

Sometimes, the people you love the most or are closest are the ones who hurt you the most. — Samuel Zulu

Fake family is like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark.

People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention. — Keri Hilson

I hate the fact that some people get judged for being real while some are getting loved for being fake.

How someone can fake their personality to just get into someone’s life.

Everything about them has to be forged as there is nothing real about them.

Backstabbers will almost always seek to gain your trust, and this usually involves some form of flattery on their part.

Pay close attention to the people who don’t clap when you win.

Your enemies are not so far from you. They laugh with you; they give you advice and they eat with you. God expose them. — Gugu Mofokeng

Sometimes, you learn to see people for who they are and not what they pretend to be.

You may be married to a star, but that doesn’t mean they’ll treat you like one. — Jess C. Scott

I hate those who play with feelings of others. — Dominic Carey

They play victims in crimes they committed.

All that fake and jealous family members can give you are lies, drama, and jealousy.

Time passes and you begin to see, people for who they really are and not who they pretend to be. — Scarlet Koop

Fake people always stay with you in your good times and leave you in your bad times.

Humans are more venomous than snakes. — Atef Ashab Uddin Sahil

Some humans spend their whole lives making something that isn’t real look like something that is. — Anna Banks

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

He who is jealous, is never jealous of what you see, with what is imagined is enough. — Jacinto Benavente

When you walk away from a toxic family, you begin the journey of finding your true people.

Some people can pretend to be the white sheep in the family but their hearts are black like charcoal.

Fake families hate you when you are real but will love you with fake love when you conform to their wishes.

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

Life is full of fake family and friends.

Everything is fake nowadays, fake relationships, fake feelings, fake friends, even fake relatives.

Nobody wants to know how you feel, yet, they want you to do what they feel. — Michael Bassey Johnson

A persons character is shown through their actions in life not where they sit on Sunday.

Some people are real. Some people are good. Some people are fake and some people are real good at being fake.

Your words mean nothing when your actions are the complete opposite.

It’s funny how the people who know the least about you, always have the most to say.

Fake Family Quotes About Deception

Fake relatives will give you a fake smile to hide the evil intentions they have against you.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. — Ismail Haniyeh

Even in families, fake relatives wear masks to hide their real identity.

Sometimes the person you’d take a bullet for ends up being behind the gun. – Tupac

So many betrayals and lies among people who claim to be blood-related.

Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. — George R.R. Martin

Make sure the lions you roll with aren’t snakes in disguise. — Genereux Philip

Your worst enemy will always come from within especially loved ones and not outside.

I thought you will be there for me when I needed you most but you proved me wrong even though we are blood-related.

Betray a friend and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself. — Aesop

The thought of you betraying me did not cross my mind until I discovered what you did behind my back.

Fake people are usually the first ones to claim they’re real.

The more inhuman we became the more we understood each other as humans.

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience. — Toba Beta

People wear a mask of lies so they look attractive, so be careful.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

It’s hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it. — Nicole Richie

You don’t know what are they hiding in their heart so don’t trust until you find.

Fake people are like costume jewelry: They look great for a while, then all of a sudden, their true selves ‘Shine’ thru. — Nitya Prakash

When they act the way they do, don’t be surprised. What you are seeing is the mask finally falling off.

Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it. — Christine Feehan

They pretend all is well outside when nothing about them is well at all on the inside.

What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside? — Jess C. Scott

People wear masks of lies so that they look attractive, so be careful. — Muhammad Saqib

Nice words and nice appearance doesn’t conclude that someone is nice, I believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.

You can’t always go by actions because some people will ACT like they love you just to get what they want from you. — Sonya Parker

Some people are nothing but snakes in the grass waiting for an opportune time to strike you.

Someone who smiles too much with you can sometimes frown too much with you at your back. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Better an outside enemy than an enemy within you don’t know.

In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is “in black and white,” until later their true colors come out.

Don’t worry about imposters. They usually expose themselves in due time under the right circumstances.

Fake Family Quotes About True Family

Being family is determined more by behavior than blood.

Family stand by those who stand by you.

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. — Bette Midler

Don’t worry about the family that ignores and acts like you don’t matter, love the ones who are always there for you no matter what.

When you fall fake people will smile but true ones will always help you to get up.

True friends are at peace with your dreams even if they disagree with your methods. Their priority is to make sure you know you can count on them.

Fake friends are like shadows: always near you at your brightest moments, but nowhere to be seen at your darkest hour. True friends are like stars, you don’t always see them but they are always there. — Habeeb Akande

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. — Richard Burton

You’ll be surrounded by many so-called well-wishers during your good times but there’ll be only a few ones around you in your bad times.

Fake friends believe in rumors. Real friends believe in you. — Yolanda Hadid

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. — Arnold H. Glasow

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure. — Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Blood relations alone are not enough because a true family is based on love, acceptance, and honesty.

Blood relations alone are not enough because a true family is based on love, acceptance, and honesty. — Samuel Zulu

I prefer to surround myself with people who reveal their imperfection, rather than people who fake their perfection.

Families are homes built on a foundation of trust and love. A toxic family can never be home because the foundation doesn’t exist.

Family is where you’re meant to be most free. Don’t let blood chain you down.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! — Doug Larson

A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other. — Unknown

Blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. — Jane Austen

I prefer to surround myself with people who reveal their imperfections, rather than people who fake their perfection.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. — Richard Burton

Fake Family Quotes About Sadness

Sadness is having a dysfunctional family.

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. Family.

Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it is the place where we find the deepest heartache. — Iyanla Vanzant

A fake family is worse than a regular fake relationship where blood relations aren’t involved.

Your loved one can turn out to be the worst enemy you will ever encounter in your lifetime.

It’s so sad that some people can lie to your face as if you are not blood-related.

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

Tired of fake people, fake smiles, fake hugs, fake friends, false hopes.

The best way to stop being frustrated is to not expect anything from someone.

No one forced you to love me, so why did you need to pretend? Your lies have left me heartbroken. — Shami Paulin

Fake Family Quotes About About Moving On

When you see the genuine, you don’t deal with the fakes anymore. ― Nima Davani

You don’t have to be defined by their lies or drama. Just leave them alone.

Every person is built like a computer, and the delete key is there for a reason.

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

The grass always looks greener when it’s fake.

You got nothing to lose. You don’t lose when you lose fake friends. — Joan Jett

It’s ok to distance yourself from drama queens out of respect and love for the sake of your peace and harmony.

We never lose friends. We simply learn who the real ones are.

I am learning that some people are not worth my time, and some things are not worth my attention.

Some people are going to leave, but that’s not the end your story. That’s the end of their part in your story.

A friendship that can cease has never been real. — Jerome

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

Cutting people out of my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.

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

Sometimes you just have to turn around, give a little smile, throw the match, and burn that bridge.

They don’t miss you when you’re gone, they miss you when you move

on.

Just like seasons, people also change. But the difference is, once gone, seasons come back. — Himanshu Chhabra

There should never be a time you make time for people who waste your time. — Carlos Wallace

Fake family are like clouds when they disappear, the day is much brighter.

I love you dearly but I won’t let you destroy my life with your drama.

Stay away from anyone who makes your life a living hell on earth.

Have no time for people who want to make you as miserable as they are.

Fake family members are more dangerous than standing armies.

You may feel guilty for leaving your family behind, but you’ll never regret moving yourself forward.

Not all that glitters is gold when it comes to family members.

You don’t have to leave your whole family in the past, just those who don’t deserve a place in your future.

A simple way to protect from fake people is never to trust someone who used you twice.

When they show you their true colors, kindly believe them and take action to avoid being hurt by them.

What is the use of being around people who only want to see you fail in life and not succeed?

Fake Family Quotes About Strength

To face our enemies, we need power, but for family and friends, we need more power.

You can love them but don’t be influenced by their lies and deceit.

Honesty and integrity are the best revenge you can give to fake relatives.

How you choose to feel today should not be dependent on others.

I will remember and recover, not forgive and forget.

I got my own back. — Maya Angelou

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. — George Washington Carver

Be strong, say “no”, and cut out those toxic fake family members.

Don’t share your weaknesses because you don’t know who will use them against you.

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

Learn to use the criticism as fuel and you will never run out of energy. — Orrin Woodward

Don’t become so nice in this world where all are wearing a mask on their face to fool you.

Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate. — Aberjhani

It is the best reaction to see on their face when I don’t let them use me.

Fake Family Quotes About Self-Assurance

Yes, I may be the back sheep of the family but at least I am not faking it to be a white sheep which I am not to fit in.

It is not my role to expose the fake people in due time, they will expose themselves for who they really are.

If you want my company, you better start being honest with me and yourself.

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. — Chris Jammi

The black sheep blazes the trail for other family members to follow when they finally see the wolf.

People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.

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

Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy. — Suzy Kassem

Hatred imprisons the haters; love opens doors. — Debasish Mridha

Trolls and haters are only distractions from your greater purpose. When you achieve your goals and success, not only will the trolls and haters be forgotten, but they will definitely be looked upon as the biggest fools. — Kaitlin Gow

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they’re just jealous of what you have. — Miley Cyrus

I may be the black sheep of the family, but some of the white sheep aren’t as white as they try to appear.

Cutting people out of my life does not mean I hate them; it simply means I respect me.

If everyone is real, then I must be fake because I am not like them.

Sometimes it’s not the person who changes, it’s the mask that falls off. — Mhaj Porras

Unworthy sacrifice takes away self-satisfaction. — Sonal Takalkar

Fake Family Quotes About Boundaries

Yes, you can still love and influence them positively from a distance but don’t get caught up in their deceit. — Samuel Zulu

Saying “No” to a toxic family member shows that you understand what family truly means.

You don’t get to choose your family, but you do get to choose how they’re allowed to treat you.

Stay real, stay loyal, or stay away from me.

Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can’t wait for the opportunity to use them against you.

It’s better to spend quality time with your pet than with shadows or ghosts.

If you don’t stay real to me then leave me alone.

Fake Family Quotes About Trust

Don’t trust everything that you see because there are many things that you don’t know about them.

If I doubt your intentions, I will never trust your actions. — Carlos Wallace

An honest enemy is better than a best friend who lies. — Vandi Tanko

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies. — Sara Shepard

Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks. — Waqar Ahmed

Funny Fake Family Quotes

I love fake people provided they are mannequins. — Pushpa Rana

Life is too short for fake butter or fake people. — Karen Salmansohn

I hate fake people. You know what I’m talking about. Mannequins. — Jarod Kintz

Every coin has two sides, just like most people have two faces.

Fake people are like soap bubbles, they pop out when the sun shines brightly.

Best friends has 11 letters, but so does Backstabber. — Wiz Khalifa

Friends are like boobs: some are big, some are small, some are real, some are fake.

Lovers have a right to betray you, friends don’t. — Judy Holliday