Quotes about letting go

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us. (Joseph Campbell)

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. (Lao Tzu)

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. (Hermann Hesse)

God grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

(Reinhold Niebuhr)

 

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...

It's about learning how to dance in the rain.

(Vivian Greene)

 

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal

with the intent of throwing it at someone else;

you are the one who gets burned.

(The Buddha)

 

Laugh when you can,

apologize when you should,

and let go of what you can't change.

Life's too short to be anything... but happy.

(Anonymous)

 

Where there is great love there are always miracles. (Willa Cather)

 

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. (Mark Twain)

 

Live and let live. (Anonymous)

 

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 that has been opened for us.

(Helen Keller)

 

There are things that we never want to let go of,

people we never want to leave behind.

But keep in mind that letting go isn't the end of the world,

it's the beginning of a new life.

(Anonymous)

 

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,

but in rising every time we fall.

(Nelson Mandela)

 

Failure is success if we learn from it. (Malcolm Forbes)

 

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.

You never know what you're gonna get.

(the movie Forrest Gump)

 

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. (Havelock Ellis)

 

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. (Raymond Lindquist)

 

If you love something, set it free;

if it comes backs it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was.

(Richard Bach)

 

One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love. (Elizabeth Aston)

 

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. (Mother Teresa)

 

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. (H. L. Mencken)

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. (Anonymous)

True love doesn't have a happy ending,

because true love never ends.

Letting go is one way of saying I love you. (Anonymous)

There is a freedom in letting go of someone. (Anonymous)

Letting go doesn't mean giving up... it means moving on. (Anonymous)

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. (Anonymous)

To err is human, to forgive divine. (Alexander Pope)

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on. (the movie Forrest Gump)

You are responsible for your life.

You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction.

Life is really about moving on. (Oprah Winfrey)

Without forgiveness, there is no future. (Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs. (Dick Raymond)

Courage doesn't always roar.

Sometimes courage is the quiet voice

at the end of the day saying,

"I will try again tomorrow."

(Mary Anne Radmacher)

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. (C. S. Lewis)

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Security is mostly a superstition.

It does not exist in nature. (Helen Keller)

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. (Thomas Edison)

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. (William James)

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. (John Dewey)

We must become the change we wish to see in the world. (Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi)

 

If you don't like something, change it.

If you can't change it, change your attitude. 

(Maya Angelou)

 

Laugh when you can,

apologize when you should,

and let go of what you can't change.

Life's too short to be anything... but happy.

(Anonymous)

 

Change of any sort requires courage. (Mary Anne Radmacher)

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. (Paul Boese)

Forgiveness is the cleansing fire that burns away old regrets and resentments. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Celebrate endings - for they precede new beginnings. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Having a personal opinion is great.

Believing that one's personal opinion is absolute truth leads to most of the world's troubles. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Joy increases and suffering decreases as one masters the distinction

between events and one's feelings about those events. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Life is unknowable. Breathe deeply and relax into the not-knowing. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

A Joyful Life comes from zigging as Life zigs and zagging as it zags. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Honor tradition AND question tradition. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

Train yourself to live in the present without regretting the past or fearing the future. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I choose not to project my past onto my future. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I create a new and more loving story to surround each event in my past. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I allow life to wash over me. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I do my best and accept life as it comes. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I recognize that the person I was in my past is not the person I am today. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

 

Today is my day to laugh at life.

Laugh loud - laugh often.

Laugh at what's funny - laugh at what's sad.

Laugh at me - laugh at you - laugh at life.

(Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

 

Like a Chameleon, I Adapt to Changing Circumstances. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)

I accept everything that ever has been, with no regrets, no resentments, and no call for vengeance. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)