No matter how much we suffer or how much we were hurt, we always have troubles letting go of harmful or unhealthy things, relationships, places, and people. That is the burden of our feelings and the deeper we feel, the harder it is to let go. Sometimes the solution is to simply move forward, without looking back.
Check out these quotes to get new insights into the art of letting go and moving forward.
Top Letting Go and Moving On Quotes
One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.
Inhale the future, exhale the past.
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain the old pain.
One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.
Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.
One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.
Once you realize you deserve better, letting go will be the best decision ever.
You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.
When you let go, you create space for better things to enter your life.
Sometimes people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.
It’s not a matter of letting go – you would if you could. Instead of “Let it go” we should probably say “Let it be”.
Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.
There are things we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we don’t want to live without but have to let go.
Letting go isn’t a one-time thing, it’s something you have to do everyday, over and over again.
You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.
If you spend too long holding on to the one who treats you like an option, you’ll miss finding the one who treats you like a priority.
If someone is stupid enough to walk away from you, be smart enough to let them go.
If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.
Sometimes things need to be let go of. If it’s meant to be, you’ll find each other again.
Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be.
Let it hurt. Let it heal. Let it go.
Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to let go.
Some think that holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it’s letting go.
Respect yourself enough to let go of someone who doesn’t see your worth.
In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.
One of the best feelings is finally losing attachment to somebody that isn’t good for you.
Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.
You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served.
Let go or be dragged.
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
You need to keep moving on, darling, or you’ll miss the train to bigger things in life than this.
Time flies, people change. You’re not always needed. There are times to move forward and places to let go.
Letting go isn’t about forgetting; it’s about learning and moving on. It’s making a choice to be strengthened by your past…not strangled by it.
Closure happens right after you accept that letting go and moving on is more important than projecting a fantasy of how the relationship could have been.
One day? Or day one. You decide.
Be strong and move on. It’s time for you to be happy again.
The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.
When it hurts to move on, just remember the pain you felt hanging on.
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
I let it go. It’s like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.
You loved him enough to let him leave…Now you need to love yourself enough to let him go.
Note to self: Nobody is worth stressing over. Move on. It’s ok to leave people behind. Go find yourself. The world is yours. Life goes on.
Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.
It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
What’s done is done, what’s gone is gone. One of life’s lessons is always moving on.
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.
Moving on isn’t about not loving someone anymore and forgetting them. It’s about having the strength to say I still love you, but you’re not worth this pain.
Popular Letting Go and Moving On Quotes
The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. – Steve Maraboli
Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down. – Roy T. Bennett
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over. – Nicole Sobon
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. – Thomas Stephen Szasz
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody. – Stephen Chbosky
Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you. – Shannon L. Alder
In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. – Deepak Chopra
The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future. – Alyson Noel
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. –Alexander Graham Bell
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. – Oprah Winfrey
The past and the future trouble us continuously. In our struggle between the pull of the past and the anxiety of the unknown future, we forget sometimes that the only moment we can truly savor is now and here. It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage that we move on to better things. – Theodore Roosevelt
I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to move forward. – Fridtjof Nansen
We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. – Joseph Campbell
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. – Wayne Dyer
The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did. – Faraaz Kazi
Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go. – Unknown
Leaders spend 5% of their time on the problem and 95% of their time on the solution. Get over it and crush it. – Anthony Robbins
Anything I cannot transform into something marvelous, I let go. – Anais Nin
Pain will leave you when you let go. – Jeremy Aldana
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. – Lao Tzu
Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it. – Justin Timberlake
After every disappointment and failure, we need to dedicate some time for healing our wounds, but the worst we can do is lingering under the grip of regrets. Take time to shed tears but know when its time to move forward. Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love? – Leo Buscaglia
It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place. – Angelina Jolie
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. –Hermann Hesse
Change has to come for life to struggle forward. –Helen Hollick
There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go. – Jessica Hatchigan
Some people confuse giving up and letting go. Usually, cowards who don’t want to look for solutions anymore are those who give up, while people who let go are those who tested all solutions before accepting to move on. If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. – Henry Ford
Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer. – Denis Waitley
Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past. – Dan Brown
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – Walt Disney
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
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