Top 20 Letting Go Quotes
Loss is a natural part of life, but sometimes it can be hard to go about letting go and moving on. Whether you’ve lost a loved one, ended a romantic relationship or just lost touch with a friend, these letting go quotes can help you in the process of accepting what’s happened and moving on.
Top 20 Letting Go Quotes
1. “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
2. “We can never turn back the pages of time, though we may wish to relive a happy moment, or say goodbye just one last time, we never can, because the sands of time continue to fall, and we can’t turn the hourglass over.” – Unknown
3. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse
4. “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
5. All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis
6. “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer
7. “Change is never easy, you fight to hold on, and you fight to let go.” – The Wonder Years
8. “There’s no need to miss someone from your past- There’s a reason they didn’t make it to your future” – Unknown
9. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – Headstone
10. “Every exit is an entry somewhere.” -Tom Stoppard
11. “True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.” – Unknown
12. “There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.” – Unknown
13. “Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.” – Ann Landers
14. “We need in love to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily–we do not need to learn it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
15. “Every breath is an opportunity to receive and let go. I receive love and I let go of pain.” – Brenda MacIntyre
16. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu
17. “Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.” – Anonymous
18. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
19. “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
20. “The Tao Te Ching says, When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God’s law.” – Mary Manin Morrissey
what really hurts is when 2 best of friends turns into 2 strangers. And that is what happened to us. And until now I can’t accept the fact that he already found the courage to move on and I am still stuck in his shadow. I guess that is how weak I am. But God know I’m trying to find my way out in this mess and i know someday someone will see what he never saw in me… LOVE! :’(
You’re not alone…..as I read your words, I thought I had written it. My best friend left me, too on Nov 4th, the day I found him with another woman. It was devastating. The pain was so intense, mentally, emotionally, and physically. I caught a glimpse of what Jesus did for us on the cross. The betrayal and the scorn.
We can get over this. >:D< I've known him for three years and I never knew that he liked me all that time… We became a couple… but then he grew tired of me. </3 I couldn't do anything about that, so I let go. I'd rather he belonged to someone else than be miserable with me. :'( Although it hurts, I'm just glad to think that I wasn't the one who gave up on our relationship. We broke up on the same date we became a couple… sad isn't it? -_- But now, I'm trying to get over it… I know something out there is waiting for me… as is for all of you.
all we have to do is have faith that something better will come. 
What hurts more about letting go, is being scared to. I love him, but he doesn’t love me. He comes around, wont let me go, but doesnt want to be with me… I need to stop loving him so badly. fml
I feel the same sadly :/ But it’s best when we just let go sometimes,it just makes us stronger.
Lala,
I feel you. I’ve been in your shoes. The pain never goes away, it just becomes more tolerable. Move on, in time you’ll find someone that will appreciate you.
Take care,
Juan
Been reading quotes like this from time to time. Just to keep realizing I’m not the only person who feels/felt this way. I have lived abroad on numerous occasions and in one the countries I fell in love with this amazing girl.
We were inseparable and I could not imagine the day of leaving her. But one day I had too. And now we have been separated for over 3 years and I am still missing her like on the day I left. I can not help it.
I’ve had relationship two times after her, but I had to break up with them ’cause it just did not feel right. It was not fair to them and not fair to myself. Loving this foreign girl has been – and still is – the hardest and most amazing thing I ever did in my life. If there is such a thing as a true love, she was/is it for me.
She however, moved on. Ironically she was always afraid I would be the one who would move on. And we have not been in contact for a while now because I have put her happiness before mine. It would not be right to ‘bother’ her with my feelings any longer.
I’ve let her go but at the same time she’s still with me. I feel like a loser sometimes, knowing I should get over this by now! I mean come on! It’s been over 3 years! snap out of it, right!? Maybe quote 11 on this page is true. Maybe true love never has a happy ending, because letting go is saying ‘I love you’ too.
It’s better to let go who hurts you , becouse keeping them making worse and aint hurt them becouse they did what they did and leave you
I wonder if I let go of what I am and what I have now, will I have what I should have and become what I should be….
if you dont have something good to say… better shut your mouth poop!