Letting Go Quotes

• Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Running, Martial Arts

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.

  Socrates

  Life, Perspective, Holding On

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• Live today. Let go of your attachment to your past as an excuse for your life conditions today. You are the product of the choices you are making right now.

  Wayne Dyer

  Past, Attachment, Choices

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Aug 27, 2013

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• We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  E. M. Forster

  Break Up, Breakup, Inspirational Life

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

  Hermann Hesse

  Love, Life, Strength

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• I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

  Sheng-yen

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Inspiring, Anger

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.78, Harmony

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• Release and detach from every person, every circumstance, every condition, and every situation that no longer serves a divine purpose in your life. All things have a season, and all seasons must come to an end. Choose a new season, filled with purposeful thoughts and activities.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Inspirational, Change, Life Changing

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Sep 28, 2013

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• Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

  Tony Robbins

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Entrepreneur

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• Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.

  Frank Ocean

  Distance, Sometimes, Knows

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  You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Happiness, Moving On, Moving Forward

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• Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

  Harriet Nelson

  Forgiveness, Offended You, Forgive And Forget

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• In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Past

  "How I Learned To Let Go Of The Life I Thought I Would Be Living" by Brittany Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2015.

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• When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Stress, Mind, Good Things

  Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.88, Harmony

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• Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Growing Up, Cutting, Seeing The Truth

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• When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

  Pema Chodron

  Happiness, Struggle, Thinking

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Buddhist

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  Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something, you have given all you had to give, then the time has come when you can do no more than say thank you and move on.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Moving On, Thank You

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 06, 2010

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• Let go of the things that make you feel dead. Life is worth living!

  Rihanna

  Life Is, Feels, Worth Living

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• People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

  Nhat Hanh

  Moving On, Depression, Goodbye

  Joseph Emet, Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “Mindfulness Meditation: For a Quieter Mind, Self-Awareness and Healthy Living”, p.125, Souvenir Press

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• Speak your truth.
  Listen when others speak theirs, too.
  When you let go of fear, you will learn to love others,
  and you will let them love you.
  Do not be afraid of dying.
  But do not be afraid to live.
  Ask yourself what that means.
  Open your heart to love, for that is why you are here.
  And know that you are, and always have been One
  with Me and all who live.

  Melody Beattie

  Love You, Heart, Mean

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