Letting Go Quotes

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

  Socrates

  Life, Perspective, Holding On

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

  Tony Robbins

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Entrepreneur

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

  Harriet Nelson

  Forgiveness, Offended You, Forgive And Forget

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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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• 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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  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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• 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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  Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  "Turning On The Light At Times Of Loss" by Anne Naylor, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 22, 2010.

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• You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

  Guy Finley

  Inspirational, Single, Moving Forward

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• There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Mistake, Errors

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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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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• One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is only by letting go of the hopes, the fears, the pain, the past, the stories that have a hold on us that we can quiet our mind and open our heart.

  Jack Kornfield

  Wise, Pain, Heart

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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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• Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Kindness, Struggle, Not Giving Up

  H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.131, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Perfection is not just about control, it is also about letting go.

  Vincent Cassel

  Perfection, Good Advice, Black Swan

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