100+ Being Used Quotes and Sayings about being used by someone
Being Used Quotes
“Men are used as they use others.” ―Bidpai
“Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.” ―African Proverb
“Don’t take advantage of each other, but fear God!” ―Leviticus 25:17
“People try to constantly use me and I hate it.” ―Tracy Emin
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” ―Greek Proverb
“Strong people don’t put others down they lift them up.” ―Michael P. Watson
“It’s so funny how ‘friends’ forget us when they don’t need any more favors.”
“When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.”
“It’s funny how ‘friends’ forget us when they don’t need any more favors.” ―Unknown
“It’s sad how quickly people can forget about you until they want something from you.” ―Unknown
“Don’t use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.” ―Helen Gurley Brown
“You are a manipulator. I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.” ―J.R. Ward,
“I have learned that people at the bottom use others’ bodies to climb to the top.” ―Mandla Langa
“Anytime you’re taking advantage of other people financially, I think some sort of punishment is definitely correct.” ―Cliff Seigneur
“Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enough to be honest.” ―Benjamin Franklin
“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.” ―George R.R. Martin
“When your’re nothing, people will ignore you but when you’re on top that’s when everybody swear they know you.” ―Lincey Alphonse
“Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.” ―Bill Cosby
“Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.” ―Erich Fromm
“Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production, using people as a poor solution to a poor process multiplies problems.” ―Timothy Ferriss
“Not everyone will appreciate what you do for them. You have to figure out who’s worth your kindness and who’s just taking advantage.” ―Unknown
“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
“I don’t care if you hate me now, I already know you only treat me nice when you think I am useful to you.” ―Unknown
“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 Ouimet
“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
“Just because something isn’t a lie does not mean that it isn’t deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.”
“We have people who show love at our front and who hate at our backbut it’s still hard to find that Mysterious person who love to walk with us without worrying what the destination will be.” ―Nishan Panwar
“When people use you like a dirty old tool than leave out of the blue to make you feel like a fool its god using his pull to get rid of the bull because he loves you.” ―Tess Calomino
“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
“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
Quotes and Sayings about Being Used by Someone
“Is it possible to use people fairly?” ―Chris Boucher
“Strong people don’t put others down they lift them up.”
“People will naturally expect us to do something.” ―William M. Conselman
“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.” ―Stephen Chbosky
“People respond in accordance to how you relate to them.” ―James Frey
“To dominate is to attempt to control another person’s actions.” ―Beverly Engel
“To dominating partners, even commitment can feel like emotional suffocation.” ―Beverly Engel
“Psychologically abused women experience depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem.” ―Carol A Lambert
“It’s them as take advantage that get advantage in this world.” ―George Eliot
“It is the greatest of advantages to enjoy no advantage at all.” ―Thoreau
“If you don’t get the better of yourself, someone else will.” ―Evan Esar
“A sworn vow never to be taken advantage of again.” ―Anthony Rosario Wagner
“Whether psychological or physical, abuse is about one thing; control.” ―Carol A Lambert
“It’s when you get complacent that you get taken advantage of.” ―Tony A. Gaskins
“A dominating person often resorts to threats in order to get in.” ―Beverly Engel
“It’s so funny how ‘friends’ forget us when they don’t need any more favors.” ―Unknown
“Michael P. WatsonvsGood people do not turn other people into water coolers.” ―Constance M. Burge
“Domineering behavior includes ordering a partner around; monitoring time and activities; restricting resources.” ―Beverly Engel
“In relationships, particularly, controlling behavior sets the stage for all kinds of abuse.” ―Patricia Evans
“When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.” ―Christina Aguilera
“Many women encountering nonphysical types of abuse experience grave psychological and physical health symptoms.” ―Carol A Lambert
“Psychological abuse by far makes people more fearful than any other type of abuse.” ―Carol A Lambert
“People who have indulged in controlling behaviors are often stunned man they realize what they’ve done.” ―Patricia Evans
“Abusive men tend to be happy only when everything in the relationship is proceeding on their terms.” ―Lundy Bancroft
“The person who tries to dominate another person has a tremendous need to have his own way.” ―Beverly Engel
“When people encounter controlling behavior, they often feel ‘erased’ as if to the perpetrator they don’t exist.” ―Patricia Evans
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” ―Carl W. Buechner
“Abusive men find abusiveness rewarding. The privileged position they gain is a central reason for their reluctance to change.” ―Lundy Bancroft
“A controlling partner who ridicules personal traits, criticizes, controls activities, and ignores their partner causes a loss of self-esteem.” ―Carol A Lambert
“Is that what love is? Using people? And maybe that’s what hate is – not being able to use people.” ―Tennessee Williams
“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.” ―Disraeli
“I’m open to the possibilities of being one of those people who reach certain heights without being owned by others.” ―Tony A. Gaskins
“Why is it that the less use people have another human being, the politer they become to him? Relentlessly polite.” ―Alfred Hitchcock Presents
“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
“Violence is not just punches and slaps; it is anything that puts you in physical fear or that uses your body to control you.” ―Lundy Bancroft
“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
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” ―Anais Nin
“Live your life in such a way that you’ll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.” ―Germany Kent
“Acts against others whether cold or subtle such as a contemptuous glands or hot and explosive such as a burst of rage are paradoxically both senseless and understandable, they are also attempts to control.” ―Patricia Evans
“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
“We have people who show love at our front and who hate at our back, but it’s still hard to find that Mysterious person who love to walk with us without worrying what the destination will be.” ―Nishan Panwar
“Just because something isn’t a lie does not mean that it isn’t deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.” ―Criss Jami
“A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you’re in and take advantage of it.” ―Nikki Giovanni