Have you been cheated on by a boyfriend, girlfriend, or even a spouse? We’ve got a collection of advice, quotes, and resources that may be helpful to begin your healing process.
Cheating is truly awful and presents most people with a cacophony of unpleasant emotions they’d rather not deal with, but with the right advice and an understanding of how you heal emotionally, you can become wiser and stronger from your experience.
There is some general advice about dealing with cheaters in the section below before the quotes that may prove helpful to you.
Cheating Quotes & Some Advice
Nobody can tell you what to do when it comes down to handling a cheating spouse or partner. It all depends on the circumstances of why and how they cheated – for some individuals, cheating is unforgivable, and they won’t trust their partner again.
For others, cheating once in a moment of weakness is something that they can work through with their partner. It all depends on the nature of your relationship.
Here are some general tips to help you handle a cheater:
- Allow yourself to feel any emotions – emotions do not heal unless you feel them. It’s a misconception that if you allow your tears to flow, you’ll break down and become an emotional wreck. The reality is that that’s what happens if you don’t find the time to feel what emotions are within you.
- Set boundaries with your cheating partner/spouse – depending on the nature of your relationship this may take time, but the majority of psychologists agree that setting boundaries early is very important.
- Have realistic expectations – Your heart heals according to its own schedule, don’t rush it but let yourself heal at a natural pace. Take things one day at a time.
- Take time to understand the causes – This can be important for closure, this may take a while or it may be obvious from the get-go, taking a little time to understand why someone cheated can be helpful. This depends again on the nature of your relationship.
A lot of this is fairly straightforward advice, but just like paracetamol, it’s proven to work.
83 Cheating Quotes & Saying to Help You Heal
- “Betrayal is never easy to handle and there is no right way to accept it.” – Christine Feehan
- “Cheating and lying aren't struggles, they're reasons to break up.” – Patti Callahan Henry
- “Infidelity is a devastating betrayal, one that has the power to crush hearts and shatter dreams.” – Dr. Sheri Meyers
- “Cheating on a good person is like throwing away a diamond and picking up a rock.” – Unknown
- “Cheating is easy. Try something more challenging, like being faithful.” – Unknown
- “It is not the lie that breaks you, it is the betrayal.” – David Levithan
- “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” – Unknown
- “When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, ‘What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?'” – Shannon L. Alder
When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, ‘What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?'” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Cheating and lying aren't struggles, they're reasons to break up.” – Patti Callahan Henry
- “A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want, but it won't go anywhere.” – Unknown
- “The saddest thing about love is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
- “It's better to be single with high standards than in a relationship settling for less.” – Unknown
- “Cheating on a good person is like throwing away a diamond and picking up a rock.” – Unknown
- “Once someone cheats in the relationship, there's always a shadow of doubt.” – Eric Jerome Dickey
- “Cheating is a choice, not a mistake.” – Unknown
- “Once a cheater, always a repeater.” – Melissa Edwards
- “The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” – Maya Angelou
- “When trust is broken, sorry means nothing.” – Unknown
- “If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool. Realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.” – Unknown
- “Infidelity is not about sex. It's about not being emotionally connected.” – Dr. John Gottman
- “A real man ends a relationship before he starts searching for another.” – Unknown
- “The surest way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- “Once the trust goes out of a relationship, it's really no fun lying to 'em anymore.” – Norm Peterson
- “You can't just steal someone's trust and not expect they're going to notice.” – Chelsea M. Cameron
You can't just steal someone's trust and not expect they're going to notice.” – Chelsea M. Cameron
- “It is better to be told a hurtful truth than to be told a comforting lie.” – Unknown
- “Cheaters never prosper. They cheat themselves out of self-respect, out of integrity, out of a future.” – Jesse Ventura
- “The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty.” – Stephen Covey
- “Infidelity is mentally, emotionally, and physically painful to the betrayed spouse. It is an extreme violation of trust.” – Rosie Einhorn
- “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” – Arthur Miller
- “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
- “The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” – Nicholas Sparks
- “Pain makes you stronger, fear makes you braver, heartbreak makes you wiser.” – Unknown
- “You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them, but still move on without them.” – Mandy Hale
- “The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
- “The only cure for a broken heart is to love again.” – Unknown
- “Sometimes the people we are trying to save are the ones standing on the shore, watching us drown.” – Unknown
- “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
- “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère
- “The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde
- “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
- “Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.” – Rumi
- “It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” – Chuck Palahniuk
- “The saddest thing about love is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.” – William Faulkner
- “Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” – Patti Roberts
- “The dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.” – Nora Ephron
- “The only person you can control in a relationship is you.” – Unknown
- “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” – Denis Waitley
- “When someone you love says goodbye, you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
- “You were my cup of tea, but I drink champagne now.” – Unknown
- “Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber
- “Don't be afraid to start over. It's a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want.” – Unknown
- “You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
- “When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead, keep your head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.” – Unknown
When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead, keep your head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.” – Unknown
- “Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” – Yoko Ono
- “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Charles Dickens
- “The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.” – Faraaz Kazi
- “It's painful to say goodbye to someone you don't want to let go, but more painful to ask someone to stay when you know they want to leave.” – Unknown
- “The wrong person will never give you what you want, but they'll make sure they get what they want from you.” – Unknown
- “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” – R. G. Ingersoll
- “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
- “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins
- “The more you hide your feelings, the more they show. The more you deny your feelings, the more they grow.” – Unknown
- “It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelizing energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.” – Deepika Padukone
- “The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
- “You are not a backup plan, and definitely not a second choice.” – Unknown
- “You can't change what's going on around you until you start changing what's going on within you.” – Unknown
- “The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.” – Brian Tracy
- “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
- “The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.” – Allen Klein
The hardest thing you can do is smile when you are ill, in pain, or depressed. But this no-cost remedy is a necessary first half-step if you are to start on the road to recovery.” – Allen Klein
- “Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars.” – Violeta Para
- “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi
- “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
- “When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start happening.” – Unknown
- “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Recovery is not a race. You don't have to feel guilty if it takes longer than you thought it would.” – Unknown
- “Sometimes the most healing thing to do is remind ourselves over and over and over, other people feel this too.” – Andrea Gibson
- “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” – Unknown
- “What is planted in each person's soul will sprout.” – Rumi
Final Thoughts on Cheating Quotes
Cheating can be a very difficult thing to handle and dealing with it is a continuous process, healing won’t happen overnight.
Taking each day as it comes, acting as sensibly as you can, engaging with hobbies and friends, and taking care of yourself properly is the quickest way to heal from the inside out.
We hope these cheating quotes help you find some space to begin your healing process.
For more positive quotes, check these articles out:
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- 67 You Got This Quotes to Give You a Motivational Boost
Finally, if you want to use these quotes to make a lasting change to your life, then check out and recite these 57 affirmations for success.
