Dwelling on the past is a silly and futile habit. Read the quotes and sayings in this article and be motivated to let go!

Letting Go Quotes

Letting go is never easy, but then again, nothing in life is easy. Whatever’s good or rather, wherever we stand to gain cannot be achieved without a reasonable amount of pain. Every now and then, a bad wind blows. If we let the impact of the storm knock us down to the ground, we are very likely to miss the good wind that will soon follow. We have to let go of situations, memories, and people and simply look ahead. If time machines do not exist, then there’s no chance we can rewind to the past and undo what’s already been done. Let go!  Loss is a part and parcel of the game called life. If you do not lose, you aren’t playing, and if you do not play, you can never win! Fulfil your life path by letting go of your past for it is nothing more than a disdainful obstacle to progress. Toss your memories into the trash bin and press the fast forward button. Find encouragement and inspiration in the beautiful quotes and sayings given below.

Quotes And Saying About Letting Go
  • “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” - Oprah Winfrey
  • “The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.” - John Seely Brown
  • “You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.” - James Matthew Barrie“Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.” - Karen Case
  • “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
  • “When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
  • “Some think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go.” - Sylvia Robinson
  • “One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.” – Michael Cibenko
  • “Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” - Raymond Lindquist
  • “Every breath is an opportunity to receive and let go. I receive love and I let go of pain.” – Brenda MacIntyre
  • “Every exit is an entry somewhere.” -Tom Stoppard
  • “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
  • “ How deeply did you learn to let go? “ - The Buddha
  • “Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.” - Zen Proverb
  • “Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.” - Gail Sheehy
  • “Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.” - Karen Casey
  • “I don't let go of concepts - I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.” - Byron Katie
  • “Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.” – Ann Landers
  • “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
  • “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
  • “Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.” - Kate Winslet
  • “By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.” - Lao Tzu
  • “True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.” – Anonymous
  • “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.”- Oprah Winfrey

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