If you feel like you come from a family that seems stuck in a negative cycle, don’t give up; you can change things, as shown in these breaking generational curses quotes.

If you are not sure whether you are trapped in a generational curse, look for these signs:

• A feeling of hopelessness that is shared by multiple generations
• Abusive behaviors spanning more than one generation – This could be physical or mental abuse or the abuse of a substance.
• Generations of your family living in poverty
• A constant fear of rejection that is shared by multiple generations
• A pattern of sinful behavior that spans multiple generations and seems impossible to change
• A lack of confidence that you can see prevalent in multiple generations

Read these breaking generational curses quotes to get more ideas on how to break generational curses in your life.

Top Breaking Generational Curses Quotes

These quotes speak to the importance of taking control and breaking free from your family’s generational curses and trauma.

1. “A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” — Karen Lamb

2. “Healing generational trauma takes courage and strength.” — Dana Arcuri

3. “I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Gustav Jung

4. “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” — Bruce Lee

5. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” — Walter Baghot

6. “The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.” — Robin S. Sharma

7. “Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice

8. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” — Albert Einstein

9. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception.” ― Carlos Wallace

10. “It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.” — Colleen Hoover

Inspirational Breaking Generational Curses Quotes

Let these quotes inspire you to do the hard work of breaking generational curses in your life and family.

11. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch

12. “Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” — Maori Proverb

13. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar

14. “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.” — Stephen McCranie

15. “If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.” — Ryan Blair

16. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” — Eric Thomas

17. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” — Jim Watkins

18. “Stop saying, It runs in my family,” when you have the power to break generational curses!” — Joy Marino

19. “If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.” — Thomas Jefferson

20. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” — Earl Nightingale

Toxic Family and Breaking Generational Curses Quotes

If you have a toxic family history, you’re not alone, and these quotes can help encourage you.

21. “We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

22. “You don’t let go of a bad relationship because you stop caring about them. You let go because you start caring about yourself.” — Charles Orlando

23. “You’re breaking generational curses. That’s why things don’t come so easy for you. You’re the one your bloodline has been waiting for.” — Thomas Mofolo

24. “The failures of our parents may become our burden, but it is our choice to continue carrying it onward into the next generation or put it down.” — Oriana Allen

25. “By developing a relationship with the painful parts of ourselves—parts we have often inherited from our family—we have an opportunity to shift them.” — Mark Wolynn

26. “This toxic pattern within the broken family system will continue from one generation to the next until one brave survivor finally ends the cycle of abuse.” — Dana Arcuri

27. “The family drama may look and sound different from generation to generation, but all toxic patterns are remarkably similar in their outcome: pain and suffering.” ― Susan Forward

28. “A portion of guilt is standard issue for southern boys; our whole lives are convoluted, egregious apologies to our mothers because our fathers have made us such flawed husbands.” — Pat Conroy

29. “Until we uncover the actual triggering event in our family history, we can relive fears and feelings that don’t belong to us—unconscious fragments of a trauma—and we will think they’re ours.” ― Mark Wolynn

30. “Remaining silent about family pain is rarely an effective strategy for healing it. The suffering will surface again at a later time, often expressing in the fears or symptoms of a later generation.” ― Mark Wolynn

Breaking Generational Curses Quotes from Scripture

Here are a few Bible verses that apply to breaking generational curses.

31. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” — John 8:36

32. “And you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32

33. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” — James 4:7

34. “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” — Proverbs 22:6

35. “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” — Romans 8:2

36. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 John 1:9

37. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17

38. “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.” — Colossians 2:13

39. “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” — James 5:16

40. “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.” — Galatians 3:13-14

Additional Breaking Generational Curses Quotes

Here are a few more quotes to encourage you to keep going to improve your life.

41. “Whatever situation you are in – be it familiar spirit, generational curses or infirmity – be released, in the name of Jesus!” — T.B. Joshua

42. “If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” — Kevin Ngo

43. “An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.” — Goi Nasu

44. “If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, then there is really no hope for you to have a good relationship. That is another myth that we have to throw off so that we can get into what I call Reality.” – Gary Chapman

45. “Many neglected and abused children grow up to be adults who are afraid to take risks of striking out on their own. Many will remain dependent on their abusive parents and unable to separate from them.” ― Beverly Engel

46. “Our children are the future of our family, our bloodline. And the only hope we can offer them to survive the evil days to come is to introduce Jesus. The hope of a Christian is anchored only in Jesus Christ.” — Vichell Gudes

47. “If we turn to the right, mayhap our children and our children’s children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.” — Charles Spurgeon

48. “Our family was stuck in a cosmic hamster wheel of toxic love, making the same mistakes, saying the same words, being hurt in the same ways generation after generation. I didn’t want to keep playing a role in this tragedy of errors.” ― Yamile Saied Méndez

49. “Fear of breaking family loyalty is one of the greatest stumbling blockages to recovery. Yet, until we admit certain things we would rather excuse or deny, we cannot truly begin to put the past in the past and leave it there once and for all.” — Ronald Allen Schulz

50. “Hurt people are not going to stop hurting other people until they receive the memo that it is wrong or if there are actual consequences for their behavior. Feeling sorry for them and understanding where they ‘came from’ is not helping to stop the cycle of abuse.” ― Darlene Ouimet

Ideas on How to Break Generational Curses

When behaviors and patterns have been passed down from generation to generation, it can be challenging to change, but you can do it.

Here are some steps you can take:

• The first thing you need to do is identify the generational curse and admit that it is wrong
• Find a support group – either supportive friends or a professional
• Let go of the negative behavior and change your pattern of living
• Be willing to stay the course as the journey may be long, but it will be worth it

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