These quotes about being used by someone you love will give you hope.

It’s hurtful to feel you’re being taken advantage of by the people who are the most important to you.

These quotes about being used by friends, family, and other loved ones highlight how painful this feeling can be.

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What are the benefits of reading being used quotes?

You’ll want to read these inspirational quotes if you’re tired of someone saying they love you but not acting like it.

If someone is taking advantage of you, standing up for yourself is important.

This collection of quotes about being used in a relationship will:

• open up your eyes to the kind of treatment you deserve
• give you the strength to stand up for yourself and set boundaries
• help you understand your own worth

Healthy friendships and relationships will nourish your soul and won’t leave you feeling like they have taken you for granted.

These quotes about being used by family, and friends are powerful reminders of your worth.

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Being used quotes about being taken advantage of

1. “With all the toys in the world people choose feelings to play with.” – Tyga

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2. “I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.” – Marie Lu

3. “Know when you’re being taken advantage of.” – Agnes Bonas

4. “I feel so used. I find I like it.” – J.D. Robb

5. “Seems their lives have been abused; With a risk of being used, no happiness to find.” – Ben Adams

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6. “If you don’t get the better of yourself, someone else will.” – Evan Esar

7. “I can think of worse things than being used as guinea pigs.” – Tom McLoughlin

8. “It’s when you get complacent that you get taken advantage of.” – Tony A. Gaskins

9. “It’s easy to be taken advantage of if you’re not honest.” – Katherine Heigl

10. “When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.”- Christina Aguilera

Being used quotes that will remind you to stand up for yourself

11. “I’ve grown tired of being used; And I’m sick and tired of being accused; Now I’m walking away from you; And I’m not coming back.” – James Morrison

12. “I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That’s why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.” – Tia Carrere

13. “When you’re done with being used, you become desperate to fight back and it doesn’t matter how far you go, as long as you go. It’s like a bomb that’s ticking inside you and the longer you keep it in, the louder the explosion and the greater the damage.” – Arti Manani

14. “There is no harm in being used. We all use one another daily. But were you misused by me? I can think of no one alive who could have performed better under the demands of your fate.” – Thomm Quackenbush

15. “Because she was a blank mural and you wrote all over her.” – Jasmine Sandozz

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16. “And I’m counting down the moments until I am left alone; ‘Cause I’m done with being used to fill the hole that’s in your soul.” – Keli Thomson

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17. “She doesn’t know she’s being used and it would break her heart in two.” – Frazier

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18. “Now you’re being used and you’re so confused that there’s nothing left to gain; Baby you could be in your lover’s reign.” – Michael Sterling

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19. “Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are, and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.” – Gretchen Rubin

20. “People that don’t know what they are worth will always see their capture’s wings, but never their tail.” – Shannon L. Alder

Being used quotes that will make you set healthy boundaries

21. “People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.” – Dennis Prager

22. “I’m not part of your institution; ‘Cause you’re just some grand illusion; It’s paralyzing being used and abused.” – Caleb Shomo

23. “We’ve been in that situation where you’re just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.” – Justin Timberlake

24. “In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” – Bertrand Russell

25. “Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.” – Disraeli

26. “The more you are at everyone else’s disposal, the more you will feel like garbage.” – Christine E. Szymanski

27. “I’ve worked too hard and built too much to be taken advantage of. I know my worth and what I bring to the table.” – Tony A. Gaskins

28. “You make your way through the fire; I stand inside and I get burned; You make your love a liar; I’m hanging on to every word; I can’t quit you; And I’m fine with being used.” – Derek Fuhrmann

29. “Everyone is a tool for someone. The thing to consider is what exactly one should be used for.” – Erich Hoeber

30. “I tend to walk around convinced that any amount of forgiveness that I could extend could never possibly compensate for the offenses that I’ve had to endure. Yet, maybe the greater offense is that I’ve got that backwards.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough

Being used quotes to remind you of your worth

31. “If you feel you are always being used, thank Almighty He made you useful.” – Ibn Jeem

32. “The relationships we have with dogs seem simple enough and often are taken for granted. But these relationships can be deep and mysterious, and not at all simple.” – Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

33. “I see the freedom at the end of the road; I’ve heard so many lies and I’ve taken the blows; Give it to me take it from me nobody knows; Sick of being used and I’m gonna explode.” – Zoltan E Teglas

34. “I didn’t want to be taken advantage of and burnt out in the industry. I worked with my family really closely, so I was able to get that respect in the industry. So now I feel that I can let my guard down. People know who I am; I can be myself. I can be more versatile, and I can wear what I want.” – Goapele

35. “A sworn vow never to be taken advantage of again.” – Anthony Rosario Wagner

36. “If a girl wasn’t loved a little bit, without the depth of affection that might at least be mistaken for love, she was being used, and no one was the better for being used.” – Dean Koontz

37. “I know so many girls that have felt like they’ve been taken advantage of. Not only in the music business but in every single career out there.” – Margo Price

38. “People know who they can walk over and who they can’t. If someone is walking all over you it’s because they know you’ll put up with it.” – Sonya Parker  

39. “Anyone who allows other people to control and guide their destiny will eventually become bitter and feel used and taken advantage of.” – Innah Delos Angeles

40. “Each of us is a small part of God’s plan. I’m a small part. I create paintings that are being used by God.” – Thomas Kinkade

Other being used quotes and sayings

41. “Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they’re everywhere.” – Walter Kirn

42. “There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations to keep a relationship together.” – Shannon L. Alder

43. “It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I’m very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of.” – Anne Hathaway

44. “I feel like I’m a library book. I’ve been used, tossed around, and put down. I’m just waiting for someone who thinks I’m good enough to keep.” – Francine Chiar

45. “You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.” – Alexander Hamilton

46. “Sick of seeing you bruised and burnt out; Ugly and low, so sick and tired of; Being sick and tired of being used and abused; That’s right.” – David James Ball

47. “Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you’ve become a comfortable, trusted element in another person’s life.” – Joyce Brothers

48. “You don’t want to appear as if you are not a team player, but at the same time, you don’t want to be taken advantage of.” – Judy Smith

49. “You can’t always be nice. That’s how people take advantage of you. Sometimes you have to set boundaries.” – Ritu Ghatourey

50. “Know the difference between helping others and being used by them.” – Agnes Bonas

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Being used quotes for when you are sick and tired of it

51. “Men are used as they use others.” — Bidpai

52. “Stop being used, start being seen.” — Wole Olorunfemi

53. “I have learned that people at the bottom use others’ bodies to climb to the top.” — Mandla Langa

54. “A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” — Albert Schweitzer

55. “Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you.” — Erich Fromm

56. “When you’re nothing, people will ignore you but when you’re on top that’s when everybody swear they know you.” — Lincey Alphonse

57. “What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.” — Zelda Fitzgerald

58. “I need you, not it. And I’m done being used. If you’re going to take from me, you’re going to start giving back, and I’ll start with your heart.” — Delilah S. Dawson

59. “I don’t let people use me. That’s why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.” — Anita Baker

60. “In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned by being better than you used to be. And it’s about self-confrontation.” — David Brooks

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Being Used Quotes To Comfort You

61. “Even The Most Caring People Can Get Tired Of Being Taken For Granted.” -Nishan Panwar

62. “If you don’t want to be taken advantage of. If you don’t want your brand to be misrepresented if you don’t want someone else to be in control of your destiny, then do your work.” – Tony A. Gaskins

63. Don’t abuse a kind heart. You may never be offered one again. – Pokello Nare

64. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.” – Larry King 

65. “Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” – Bob Vanourek

66. “Happiness is perhaps painlessness, a state one rarely appreciates. Happiness, then, is very much like a great talent. It rarely gets appreciated and is taken for granted.” – Kamal Haasan

67. “Anytime you’re taking advantage of other people financially, I think some sort of punishment is definitely correct.” – Cliff Seigneur

69. “If you allow people to make more withdrawals than deposits in your life, you will be out of balance and in the negative. Know when to close the account.” – Christie Williams

68. “You don’t need to know every detail, but you should know the basics. There are so many people who get taken advantage of.”- Tony A. Gaskins

70. “Because I’m just a giving person spiritually, I feel that if your intentions are to use or abuse or take advantage of, then you might get what you get in the meantime, but there’s still a price to pay.”- Angie Stone

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Being used quotes for when you feel taken for granted

71. “The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs.” -Shannon L. Alder

72. “If you become too readily available to people, they begin to take you for granted.” -Dara Reidyr

73. “It’s breaking my heart the way this world is so mean to people with pure intentions and soft hearts. With time I’ve seen much cruelty towards good people that instead of being cherished, they are actually being used.” -Samiha Totanji

74. “Even the most intense feelings cease when neglected and taken for granted.” -Anupama Garg 

75. “When man was created it was not for this purpose

To become taken over and be utterly worthless.”  -Justin Bienvenue

76. “You will be taken for granted.

You may be hurt to your very core,

and still be asked to give a little more!”

 -Adiela Akoo

77. “You don’t need to waste your time on someone who only wants you around when it fits their needs.” -Rajat Dogra

78. “It is sad when you realize you are not as important to someone as they are to you.” -Nikhil Andy

79. “Women are often overlooked, taken for granted. They can slip easily through a man’s defense.” –Stan Lee

80. “Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.” -Paula Abdul

Being Used Quotes To Help You Know Your Worth

81. “I`m open to the possibilities of being one of those people who reach certain heights without being owned by others.” ― Tony A. Gaskins 

82. “A brilliant lie. / All the time that was spent, / Being used,I should have said, / Goodbye and thanks for the memories.” ― Ashley Hittesdorp 

83. “If there are people in your life that you feel are using you, you need to reset the boundaries. Learn to say, “no.” People only treat us as bad as we allow.” ― Laura Barrette Shannon

84. “Many of the defining moments in your life will be tests-tests of your strength, your bravery, your character. Take those tests and make the most of them. Realize that people will use you if you let them, but you have the opportunity to use every opportunity when you take it and run.” ― Jen Welter

85. “Always LISTEN to your instincts. When someone is using you, playing you, or things aren’t adding up, your instincts will never lie to you.” ― Stephanie Dolce

86. “It is often difficult to tell initially if someone is using you or loving you, but time reveals deception.” ― Richard Osibanjo

87. “Just because you don’t use people, doesn’t mean they won’t use you.” ― Mary Joye

88. “There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn’t jump puddles for you.” ― J.L. Sheppard

89. “There will come a day when we get fed up with being used. Fed up with being abused.” ― Lalaina Lightsey

90. “I’m tired of feeling used. I’m tired of feeling taken advantage of.” ― Matthew Potopsky

Being Used Quotes To Know What You Deserve

91. “Don’t let your kind nature be taken advantage of. Step up for yourself, don’t be a doormat.” — Insha S. Qazi

92. “Never let someone take you for granted. Listen with an open mind but stay true to yourself and your vision.” — Gemma Collins

93. “You have to stand up for yourself because otherwise people will keep on taking advantage of you and step all over you.” — Margaret Willey

94. “There will always be someone, somewhere, who will use you if you let them. Keep yourself guarded. Don’t overlook the obvious.” — Carla Jackson

95. “If you appear weak, people take advantage of you.” — Sherry Argov

96. “Don’t let anyone control your life, Most people are full of schemes.” — Tamesha Curry

97. “Do not allow yourself to be used for a life that is below your potential for good.” — Michael McFadden

98. “Always question everything, and never let yourself be used. Never become somebody’s pawn.” — Ciara Graves

99. “While someone may have used you, that experience may have made you stronger, wiser, and better.” — Richard Osibanjo

100. “You don’t have to let yourself be used like toilet paper and flushed down the toilet.” — Mike Jason

Being Used Quotes To Help You Walk Away When Feeling Used

101. “Detox your life by clearing out fake friends, dead-end jobs, & players posing as life partners.” — Ritu Ghatourey

102. “Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.” — Bill Cosby

103. “Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that’s what hate is – not being able to use people.” — Tennessee Williams

104.“Why is it that the less use people have another human being, the politer they become to him? Relentlessly polite.” — Alfred Hitchcock Presents

105. “Nice people hate saying ‘no’ to their friends and family, that’s why they get used and taken advantage of.” — Sonya Parker

106. “If you want them to stop using you STOP giving them something to use you for.” — Sonya Parker

107. “It’s time we stopped being lapdogs. Who are they to heckle us? It’s time one of us drew a line in the sand.” —  Larry David

108. “Eliminate those fake friends who seem real when you have something and disappear when you have nothing.” — Rashida Rowe

109. “Focus on who still stands beside you at the end of it all, not on the ones that walked off and still expect to receive your all.” — Beeru Singh

110. “When you let people bring you down, you’ve successfully made yourself a step upon which they’ll climb and stand above you.” —  Terry Mark

Being Used Quotes To Walk Away When Taken Advantage of

111. “If someone is using you, you can deny their access.” ― Chante’ Whisonant

112. “If you act like you should be taken advantage of, then people will take advantage of you.” ― Sandy Walker

113. “I want to live, and to live happily; to break free from your control.” ― Thomas Mann

114. “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person, or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.” ― Plato

115. “I’ve given you all that I have and I can’t give anymore. I’m done trying. You take me for granted.” ― Alex Hairston

116. “But if you take me for granted, I’ll take one step after another away from you, and you won’t ever get those steps back.” ― K.M. Golland

117. “Don’t be a doormat that is comfortable to stand on. People learn how to treat you by studying your reaction. If someone ever decides to step on you in some form, your reaction should be a display of strength that is sharpe, quick, and uncomfortable.” ― Luke Gilfillan

118. “Don’t take me for granted because if you do, I won’t be there.” ― Tony D. Flash

119. “Do not let yourself be used, exhausted, emptied by others. Have firm boundaries and say yes when you want to, and no when you don’t want to do something requested of you.” ― Dr. Jodi-Anne M Smith

120. “You can only give so much of yourself and if it’s not returned, your vessel is empty.” ― Dianne Wyntjes

Being Used Quotes To Help You Choose Who To Avoid

121. “He’s playing you because you’re the only one who doesn’t know.” — Stephanie Hernandez

122. “All people have feelings, they are not there to be used. If you’re not longer interested in someone, they have the right to be informed before you go and cheat or go looking elsewhere.” — Jerry Springer

123. “People who take too much are always on the hunt for people who give too much.” — Alan Robert Neal

124. “I’ve thrown away the blues, I’m tired of being used. When Will I Be Loved?” — Linda Ronstadt

125. “If he only wants you for one thing, then remind him of the one reason you left him for a person who wants you for a million things.” — Amber Rose Whitaker

126. “What’s worse than being alone? being used, lied to, deceived, left behind and completely forgotten.” — Kreayshawn

127. “Young men love, then lie. Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” — William Shakespeare

128. “There is no point in filling a woman’s head up and leading her on if you don’t see a future with her.” — Diana Baybiee

129. “I’m tired of breaking down. I’m tired of this silly game. I’m done and giving up. Sorry, I guess you need to look for a new play toy.” — Taryn Styles

130. “If he only wants you for your breasts, legs, and thighs; Send him to KFC.” — Drake

Being Used Quotes To Enlighting You

131. “Sometimes it is difficult to see that you are being used until you are deeply in friendship, making finding solutions more difficult. Take time to view your friendships and areas of concern.” — Robert Leary

132. “Givers need to set limits because takers rarely do.” — Rachel Wolchin

133. “Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” ― Jane Harper

134. “A few times in my life, I have been manipulated by the sexual power of a woman.” — Graeme Simsion

135. “Why must there always be a price to pay for every indulgence, and why must it so often be withdrawn from the bankrupt accounts of the innocent?” — Andrew Levkoff

136. “In the court of Madoka, people who preyed on and stole from the poor and helpless deserved to be buried from the neck down and left to die in the desert while the birds picked out their eyes.” ― Danielle Bennett

137. “We are slipping back from the age of reason into the mire of mystery, into a world of gods and devils, ghouls and angels. The difference this time is that we have chosen ignorance over knowledge, vapidity over insight, folly over realism. Consequently, we only have ourselves to blame when the rich and powerful take advantage of us.” ― Andrew Davenport

138. “A real man doesn’t take advantage of a woman when she is vulnerable.” ― Abhijit Naskar

139. “Be careful who you turn to for help… If you ask the right person, it’s beautiful. If you ask the wrong one, it’s like bleeding next to a shark.” ― Steve Maraboli

140. “Some people use power, whilst they are some who let power use them.” — Moffat Machingura

Feeling Being Used Quotes You Can Learn From

141. “People are used to being coddled.” — Phil Mcgraw

142. “People try to constantly use me and I hate it.” — Tracy Emin

143. “Don’t use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.” — Helen Gurley Brown

144. “Spend your time with those who love you unconditionally, not with those who only love you under certain conditions.” ― Suzy Kassem

145. “The opposite of love is not hate; it is use. Use is the abuse of love; in fact, it betrays love. When we use another person, we place their needs below our own, but worse yet, we place their value and dignity below ours.” ― Leah Darrow

146. “Beware of fair-weather friends. They come to you when the sky is crystal clear and disappear when the same sky is overcast with dark clouds.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson

147. “This is our skin and nobody has the right to crumple us like a paper only to find another skin to write on, and then another, ruining people like they’re pages, like they are somehow replaceable. Because that will only leave our delicate and fragile selves into a tattered mess.” ― Heema Shirvaikar

148. “You used me. You Ade me feel special then you threw me away when you were bored. You took my trust. You broke my trust. You turned people against me. You turned me against myself.” ― Faith Dismuke

149. “Using people has limit.” ― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

150. “The limit of the ego’s ‘love’ is to decide that you are a temporary ally and thus it will protect you for the benefit of its own use.” — Donna Goddard

Being Used Quotes to Open Your Mind

151. “I kinda felt like the first slice of bread in the bag. Everyone touched me, but no one wanted me.” ― Kelly Moran

152. “Now I know I’m being used / That’s okay because I like the abuse / I know she’s playing with me / That’s okay ’cause I’ve got no self-esteem” ― Bryan Holland

153. “I would not have believed how bad the modern corporate healthcare system was had I not used it and saw it with my own eyes.” ― Steven Magee

154. “Even The Most Caring People Can Get Tired Of Being Taken For Granted” ― Nishan Panwar

155. “He felt as if he were being used, as if Willy were using him as a hard neutral surface against which to crush, like insects, the thoughts which haunted him.” ― Iris Murdoch

156. “You can lie to me and I can remember events that may be used against you in the future.”

― Steven Magee

157. “It always surprises me where my quotes end up being used in the world!” ― Steven Magee

158. “War crimes are used as propaganda by all countries at war.” ― Steven Magee

159. “I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you.” ― Eminem

160. “If you can do it, why you won’t do it??? If you have chance why you won’t use it?” ― Deyth Banger

Being Used Quotes to Help You Know Your True Friends

161. “The polls are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. The polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion, but to shape it. Yours. They want to depress the heck out of you.” ― Rush Limbaugh

162. “The feeling of being used…I guess it’s Better then being forgotten.” ― Joan L Trejo

163. “Old habits die hard, and if you’re not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you’re trying to become.” ― Lecrae

164. “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.” ― George Bernard Shaw

165. “It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.” ― Sun Tzu

166. “I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.” ―  Dolly Parton 

167. “If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you’re available.” ― Rick Warren

168. “There are many counterfeit people nowadays.” ― Agnes Bonas

169. “There’s capital controls and there’s people control. So every time you think of a fence keeping all those bad people out, think about those fences maybe being used against us, keeping us in.” ― Ron Paul

170. “Some people just love like me / And then hope that they’re not being used / Look at me and who do you see / A friend or two, a man or a fool, oh” ― Smokey Robinson

171. “When you are in a serious relationship, neither side should ever feel as though they are being taken for granted. Neither person in the relationship should feel as though they are being used in any way.” ― Mallory K. Pazder

172. “Nobody can take your power; you have to hand it to them.” ― Chante’ Whisonant

173. “Take advantage of the time that people give you, without taking advantage of the people giving you time.” ― Curtis Tyrone Jones

174. When you stop getting used, you either adjust your boundaries or change the company you keep.” — Tony Gaskins

175. “Being used is not a destiny; it’s a choice.” — Assegid Habtewold

176. “Never let someone be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” — Mark Twain

177. “You can’t control how some people will treat you or what they say about you. But you can control how you react, who you choose to be, and how you treat others.” — Germany Kent

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

179. “Don’t be a doormat. Know your worth and keep your boundaries intact.” — Chanda Kaushik

180. “When you are being used, you are not being loved. Love is something that nurtures, encourages, and gives life, and being used is nothing like that.” — Bryant McGill

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