37 Quotes About Moving on and Letting Go

It can be difficult to determine where something is going to go or where you are headed to next. These quotes about moving on and letting go will remind you to keep your focus on where your next stop is.

“Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.”

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”

“Don’t be afraid to start over. It’s a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want.”

“Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful.”

“If you don’t leave your past in the past, it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.”

“If you lost it, it’s because you’re meant to find something better. Trust, let go, and make room for what’s coming.”

“If you really want closure… at some point, you have to shut the door.”

“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”

“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.”

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.”

“Inhale the future, exhale the past.”

“Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.”

“Let go of your mistakes and failures. You can’t do anything about the past, but you can do something about right now.”

“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”

“Life is too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday, it will definitely destroy your wonderful today and ruin your great tomorrow.”

“Maybe it’s not always about trying to fix something broken. Maybe it’s about starting over and creating something better.”

“Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.”

“One of the happiest moments ever is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.”

“Remember, you can’t reach what’s in front of you until you let go of what’s behind you.”

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”

“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.”

“Sometimes, your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows.”

“Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.”

“The easiest way to teach someone how to treat you is to refuse to give them more opportunities to hurt you. Walk away.”

“The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

“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.”

“Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.”

“Time heals nothing unless you move along with it.”

“To heal a wound, you need to stop touching it.”

“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.”

“When thinking about life, remember this: no amount of guilt can solve the past and no amount of anxiety can change the future.”

“You can only move on if you accept that it’s gone.”

“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.”

“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”

For some, letting go is a necessary way to get rid of the things behind you so you can progress forward.