50 Quotes To Ease Your Conflicted Heart And Give You The Strength To Leave The Past Behind

50 quotes

It's not easy to know where you're supposed to go, who you're destined to become, or whom you're meant to give your heart to. Life leaves us with so many choices, so many decisions to make, and so many paralyzing fears. Letting go is an art, a painfu

“With you or without you I have so much living left to do.”

— 10000 miles away, somewhat-bulletproof.tumblr.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Without You, Living, Living Left To Do

“Remember that you were art long before he came to admire you, and you'll continue to be art even when he's gone.”

— Charlotte Geier, annaheritage.tumblr.com

Tagged: After Him, After Love, Moving On, Letting Go, You Are Art

“Sometimes you’re going to have to let one person go a thousand different times, a thousand different ways, and there’s nothing pathetic or abnormal about that. You are human.”

— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Letting Go, On Letting Go, When Someone Leaves, Losing The One You Love, Learning To Let Go

“It's hard to let go of anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.”

— Madeline L’Engle, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Let Go, Learning To Let Go

“You can’t love someone into loving you.”

— reminisceandremember, reminisceandremember.tumblr.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Love, Unrequited Love

“Letting go is not the same as aversion, struggling to get rid of something. We cannot genuinely let go of what we resist. What we resist and fear secretly follows us even as we push it away. To let go of fear or trauma, we need to acknowledge just how it is. We need to feel it fully and accept that…”

— Jack Kornfield, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Letting Things Be, Moving On

“I wish Not to wish anymore. For what is fleeting with its worth Is not worthy any more Than what I could be appreciating Now and working for. What is here now, in front of me Not what I cannot see. As for you, I will let it be.”

— L.Y.S.S., 66.media.tumblr.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Art Of Letting Go, Leaving The Past Behind

“We can't really affect the circumstances on what does happen to us, but we can affect how we respond to it. And I thought that it was important for us to be able to forgive and to move on. Because if we devolve with it, you can imagine the anger and hurt that you continue to have.”

— Vivian Stringer, amazon.com

Tagged: Finding Strength, Strong, Pushing Forward, Moving Forward, forgiveness

“I’m still broken, I know, but I don’t let that define me anymore.”

— passionatelypsycho, passionatelypsycho.tumblr.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Brokenness, Leaving The Past Behind

“We hold on so tightly, because we’re terrified of loss. We hold on till our hands bleed. And in that self-shattering persistence, we fail to see the answer: Just let go.”

— Yasmin Mogahed, facebook.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Holding On, Let Go

“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it.”

— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com

Tagged: Holding On, Letting Go, Release

“You are broken, and it’s okay to be broken right now. You can’t rush your healing, and that’s fine. But you need to know that this feeling won’t last. You need to know that just because you’re hurting doesn’t mean you can’t get back up again, doesn’t mean you’re weak.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Moving On, Letting Go

“In the end, our paths are rarely straight and narrow, and they were never meant to be anyway. And if all we do in each one is learn a lesson, or meet a friend, or know ourselves better, or do something kind for someone, we have gained much more than we have lost. But first, first we must have the co…”

— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On

“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.”

— Ann Landers, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On

“The truth about moving on is that it just doesn’t look the same to all of us. For some people, it means falling madly in love with someone else. For others it means building an independent life in which their happiness is only their own. There are a thousand different ways to push our lives forwards…”

— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Moving On, Letting Go

“You’re allowed to leave any story you don’t find yourself in. You’re allowed to leave any story you don’t love yourself in.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On

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

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

Tagged: Moving On, Letting Go

“Before you can live a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted and what you wish you would have said differently. You have to accept that you can’t change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choic…”

— Shannon L. Alder, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On

“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, 'So what'. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.”

— Andy Warhol, amazon.com

Tagged: Problems, emotions, Failure, Moving On, Letting Go

“In the future, your relationships have all ended. Your body is dirt. Your possessions are buried, burned, or recycled after eons have passed. In the big picture of time, you’ve already lost everything. Fear of loss is clinging to what is already gone.”

— Derek Doepker, amazon.com

Tagged: Possession, Loss, Letting Go

“And even when you fear that the whole world knows too much, or that you’ve revealed your deepest secrets, or that you’ve given away a huge chunk of yourself only to be broken again—close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let go. This is the beauty of vulnerability. It’s standing on the edge of a cl…”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: vulnerability, Love, Fearless, Letting Go

“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”

— Amy Poehler, amazon.com

Tagged: currency, Happiness, sexiness, Life, Self-awareness

“Go, even though you love him. Go, even though he is kind and faithful and dear to you. Go, even though he's your best friend and you're his. Go, even though you can't imagine your life without him. Go, even though he adores you and your leaving will devastate him. Go, even though your friends will b…”

— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships, Leaving, Breakups, Letting Go

“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com

Tagged: Reality, Acceptance, Holding On, Letting Go, Life

“Don’t get caught up in your story. When bad things happen, it’s very easy to get caught up in the drama. We can get a lot of things from repeating our story to others such as sympathy, support, and encouragement. But wallowing in that story keeps you living in the past and not focused on being prese…”

— Afi Harrington, tinybuddha.com

Tagged: Life, Bad Moments, Positive Thinking, Moving On, Letting Go

“I have learned that when sadness comes to visit me, all I can do is say “I see you.” I spend some time with it, get up, and say goodbye. I don’t push it away, I own it. And because I own it, I let it go.”

— Carolina Zacaria, facebook.com

Tagged: Depression, Sad, Letting Go, Acceptance, Healing

“Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.”

— Mitch Albom, amazon.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Life, Moving On, Acceptance, Knowledge

“This is my acceptance that the best things are never straightforward and that I want you to take whatever crooked, twisted path you need to take if it will lead you towards your dreams.”

— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Letting Go, Moving On

“While saying goodbye does mean accepting that a part of our life is now over, it also provides us with a chance to realize just how blessed our lives have been.To look back and reflect on the journeys we’ve shared with some wonderful people, while being exposed to amazing and invaluable experiences…”

— Craig James Ruvere, tinybuddha.com

Tagged: Goodbyes, Letting Go, Blessings