<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # People often remain in damaging relationships... > People often remain in damaging relationships because they confuse loyalty with endurance. Loyalty serves life when it protects mutual trust, but it becomes bondage when one person must continually absorb the cost of another person's refusal to change. **Source:** [[livestreams/Leaving Toxic Dynamics Without Losing Compassion - Workbook|Leaving Toxic Dynamics Without Losing Compassion]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “People often remain in damaging relationships because they confuse loyalty with endurance. Loyalty serves life when it protects mutual trust, but it becomes bondage when one person must continually absorb the cost of another person's refusal to change.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-people-often-remain-persons-refusal-change ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->