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
wat i supposed to do????
take a huge dump and get it out of your system
Hello Guys!
Thank you for all those who took time to read my story. I completely forgotten this and will never be able to see yer replies if I didn’t browse my old emails.
From our last conversation, he said that the girl is trying to patch things up and he sounded like he is giving in. I just said OK and deleted all our conversation. I am okay now, moving on with my like. Still single and looking, LOL =)
its better to be single.. rather than being in a relationship with complications..
yah i agree..
correct2x! HAHA
These really opened my eyes… I’m in a long distance relationship with the man of my dreams. I’ve known him for three wonderful years, all of which were spent being inseperable. One of us was never seen without the other.
But now he’s starting to talk about new friends he’s making, which I really don’t mind… but I think I might need to start practicing the art of letting go… he’s talking about female friends who can relate to him more and are closer to his age, and they live around the same general area… of course he doesn’t word it that way. That’s how I interpreted it….
I think with the situation he’s in at home, he’d be better off with someone who lives closeby… maybe then he’ll start to recover from his old scars and be happy again… so I’m opening myself up to the idea of letting go of the man I’d dreamed about and searched for for so long… if it means he’ll be happy….
These quotes helped me so much with that… to whoever posted these, thank you… thank you for opening the eyes of people like me, who might never survive these things on their own….
shut the fuck up.
if you dont have something good to say… better shut your mouth poop!
wow.. how i wish i can let go that easily like you.. i know it’s hard but i think you can easily get over it.. good luck.. i know you’ll find someone whose really meant for you..
poop.. you’re not helping..
The person above me is so inappropriate. You’re story was touching and I could see how these quotes would be inspiring. I wish you the best and people like “poop” need to get a life and have some respect.
XOXO,
Nancy
Yea people like poop, are just like POOP useless and childish.
yea yo’
what are you supose to do if the one you love leaves you for another girl but says he still loves you
forget him if he really loves you why he leaves you..same my situation but the difference between us the man i love he doesnt know who is going to choose between me and that girl.. so better not to hope to less pain and heartaches..
hi! we have the same story but the only best thing to do is to set him free.. in words he says i love you but in actions it shows that he doesnt love you.. just like my husband did.. and long relationship is not base to keep relationship.. my husband is my boyfriend when i was 16 at the age of 19 we got married but where are we now? the best is always think your own good, enjoy ur life now.. goodluck…
I broke up with a guy that i really love alot, i think of him almost everyday. I gave my everything to him. Whenever i talk about him, my tears will flow down. 1month & 29days already pass but yet i am still here thinking of him. But he is there happy with his girlfriend. In the first place i never wanted to be with him, but he is the one who say want to be with me, and cry infront of me. Until i love him deep inside my heart. Then he leave me. On that day i break with him, he go tell my friend that he like her. After 1 week he got girlfriend. But i break with him on that day he say he still love me, but after i saw his photo with his girlfriend. I also commit suicide. I feel without him. I can’t leave any longer. Even i am typing this my tears flow down again.
I cry and beg him to come back to me. But he say i’m irritating. I cry and call him to come out to talk. But he didn’t even care. Until now, i still can’t forget. I try my best to forget him. But i can’t. I thought he wasn’t this kind of person. But i am wrong. I feel so stupid. What can i do to let him come back to me? I really need him by my side.
Honey the best thing to do is let go, that doesnt neccessarily mean that you have to move on. Everyday that you breathe proves that you can live without him. Crying, begging, & pleading will not bring him back to you.. but you should not feel “stupid” in anyway. You should not “need” him, especially if he doesnt “need” you. Take some time for yourself.. you must first love yourself before you love anyone else (:
I agree…love yourself first before love anyone else..He don’t deserve to be loved…Wake up !!! Don’t be silly begging to a nonesense person !!! Try to leave behind everything that will remind you of him..For you to learned how to let go, think all the negative side of his character, or think the pain he caused to you, I am sure it will be easy for you to move on..Don’t cry over the spilled milk…Life is beautiful and make the best of it…Be strong and be possitive always I am sure you can make it..cheers..
thanks for that.. so your tellin that it bis much better to cut off the connectionz? bt its hurt so much.. what if hel come back? what if? what if?
Thanks everyone! I am much better now. But sometimes i still will think of him. But i don’t cry so easily now!
He even delete me as friend in facebook & MSN. And say want to break contact, and treat it as we never met before. How can he treat me like this?
base on my experience.. you love him so much so give his freedom.. dont do that again you are the who did somethinh to contact him, fight for your own good, you need to show him that he is not worth.. focus to your own good not focus to the things that makes you defeat… love yourself first, you are the one did to hurt.. leave the past i know for now its very hard but you are the only to help yourself.
i have this someone.. and i cant get him out of my life now.. my friend have gave me his no. 6months ago.. since she wants me to have a boyfriend.. coz i am a nbsb. its my choice. i really dont give chanz to others. and im afraid. ;c
this someone really makes me happy.. i know he felt the same way too. we have shared lots of jokes and we care for each other. he calls me at night and sing a song with his guitar. i felt so special. he told me he likes me, and were MU.
from the start he have told me that he doenst want to have someone yet. coz he havent moved on from his ex girlfrnd.
he is really good, i like his attitude.. everything about him..and he makes me happy.though i dont know him that much. i was so worried about him wen he have failed one of his subj.since he is a graduating.then one day, he wants to concentrate cause he dont want to spend another yr in college. i have observed the changes.. he didnt spent his tym with me anymore, i dont know the reason. when i know were ok.
it really hurts me, so i make a move, i told him i have fallen inlove with him. and i need space.. he didnt agree. bt i made my decision..and he didnt text me. and then i realized that i cant afford to lose him. so i txted him again asking whats the problem.. ” then he said the only thing he can afford is friendship.. i was very hurt. then i said i didnt asked for more. i always text him cause i have the feeling that he feels the same.
a month after, i asked him to have time with me, and he said “sorry if i dont spend time with you.. dont worry im always b a friend.. i am still saving my trust for you.. what have i done? what does he mean?
my frnd told me that he loves me 2, but hes not ready yet.. cause he wants to heal his heart with his past experienced.
i did some actions to make him stay, i texted him everyday..saying what i wanted to say, but nothing happened.
then i come to realize that i dont have to force everthing.. so i dcided not to text him for 2 weeks.. and one day, he asked me if im okay. pain have changed me. i am not like before who asked his time for me..
its been 3 months.. now? we still have communication and gives some time. we laughed and still share our corny jokes. were no longer the same like what we had before. i still miss him and think of him..
but i realized its not good to force event. coz it can easily damage the end result. i am stii hoping to have him back.. and i am waiting for it to happen.
do i have to? do we still have a chance?
we have tried to have a relationship..it was for fun..i told him that.. it doesnt worked no hurt feelings.and that was the start, we became close.. but i never thought that i will be fallen inlove, and shared happy thoughts.. it only lasted for 3months.. haaiz i miss him so much.
and my pain lasted for 3months.. hahai
woooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww
no matter wat i do.. i always forget to forget you.. hahai.
After reading all your dilemma, i came really to convince myself that we, girls are just so weak when it comes to our most loved ones. How unfair that was? Men are too insensitive with the women’s feelings. Though, SOME of them do. I had this guy for about a year and one, we started as friends or best to say bEST FRIENDS for 6 years before we come up to a serious relationship. I did not expect to fall for him and so as he, but im proud to say our relationship went well eventhough we had gone series of fights every now and then. We are so blessed to have God towards us because we both believe He’s the one who brought us together. But there this one point, one day in our relationship that turn us upside down. Things really change. No matter how we tried to work things out, still won’t work. I’m so sad and i’m so mad of what’s happening. We even lost communications for week. And it really sucks knowing he does not do to anything fix our problem.I am the one who initiated to have our own time for the moment sinced everything between us has already screwed up. I love him and i know he does too.But i do not why we are still in this kind of situation. Maybe the reason why, we both forcing the event and carelessly ended on this. Im so clueless to where this gonna lead us. I just hope and pray one day we get back to the old times where we’re both happy and in bliss. I cant afford to lose him because losing him means in gonna lose a friend and a lover. Up to date, we haven’t talked nor seen each other, i missed him but i had to consider this as a challenged to our relationship. We are not that strong for now but i trust in Him and i know till the end of the day we’ll be okay..
For up, women of today. Just go for GOLD WHATEVER HAPPENS BECAUSE SHITS REALLY HAPPENS.:)
Hi… i just wanna ask your opinion/s…
I love a guy… who is from different country..
at first I was just chatting for pass time… then I fell in love with him
he is open to me… I am open to him also…
every secret… everything… he knows all about me….
but I know… since it start with chatting… someday it will end…
and It does…. one day he said… he tried to find out if he really loves me or not…
and now he is sure… he don’t….
for almost a year…. we’ve been chatting continuously… 2 – 3 hours a day…
I have given all i can give… even sometimes the things he asked me to do… felt like its wrong.. I beg him to stay… I beg him to let me show my love for him.. I don’t care if he don’t love me back….. until now i cannot get over it…
I am still a prisoner of sweet memories behind… I know he is not that good… sometimes he treated me rudely… but If you love a person… you should learn to love his weakness also… and I did…. without knowing… I will be the loser at the end of this relationship…. even all of this hurts he had caused me… I still love him…. but i wish i could get over him so that i could be open for new things… but i don’t know how to start…
pls… tell me how…
hanggang ngayon… ang sakit… minsan lang ako magmahal… pero siguradong totoo…. kaya sobrang affected ako… ngayon… kasi sya ung fist love ko… na nilabanan kong mahalin… pero kahit anong pigil ko… nahulog ako…
You have to accept that cyber love affair sometime will prosper and sometime it will not..If he really loves you he will do everything to meet you in person and not to be contented seeing you in the net..You should not stop yourself to open a possibility to others, the real one, in person and in mere internet only…Sometimes you can find a good person and who has the real feeling thru internet, but sometimes you will not.. Wake up and be strong..maybe you are just infatuated to him the mere fact you did not meet him yet in person, it’s not love it’s just an infatuation…So don’t be so sad….Cheer up and be happy…
bhira lng aq mag mhal ng seryoso kcii minsan na aq nsaktan ng todo>
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just be patient to wait for the right one….. wag mo lang gawing panakip butas at saktan ang iba para makaganti ka. maghintay ka lang i’m sure mr.cupid just let you feel first the pain in order for you to cherish the right love when it comes…………………smileeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
They say that time will dry the tears…
but true love burns for a thousand years…
This helpped. I recently broke up with a boyfriend of 2 years, im only in high school, and am now realizing he is changing into someone who doesnt need me anymore, we were best friends for 13 years before we dated so to face that fact is hard. I’m dating a new guy
he’s amazing but he has a temper lol its way different but im happy. still watching someone i thought i knew turn into something so gross is disapointing. But these qoutes helped 
A boy bought a girls 11 roses 10 real one fake he said “When these roses die..that is the day I stop loving you..”
The girl said “But the fake one will always live..it will be there forever”
and the boy said “Yeah just like our love for each other”
i am so hurt.. knowing dat hes happy right now.. while i am here still waiting.. dont know what to do.. i have promised my self not have any communications with him.. bt i cant help it. i am hurt reading his comment with this another girl.. that hes looking forward to see her.. and that he likes her.. ouch.. it was i who makes him happy b4.. it was i whom he cared.. but now?
is it really a big mistakes telling what you feel? what will i do?. i am really hurt. give me some advice.. huhuhu im in pain.. i miss him so much..
will i still continue the friendship..but it is the only way 2 make him stay.. huhuhu or i will cut off our connections? helppp..
danniel
did i make things right? i have already erased him n my facebook..and have told him that i was hurt and said goodbye.. will i regret doing it? hahai.. hope not.. all i want is to move on..
they have already seen each other.. and i think hes happy right now.. and i have 2 accept it.. it is not painful liked before.. i asked him if i have 2 let him go then he said yes. it hurts me but i have to. i wish him hapiness. hoping that we will see each other someday.. and that time i hope that we will be friends again..
Hi! How’s everybody? Anyway here i am again, sad and upset.. We had gone fight again last night. Ya, it is supposedly a romantic moment but it turned out to be liked that, all alone.. What a mess!
im in so much pain. i have decided to let go of the guy who i had shared 9 long years. he was the ideal guy for the long duration of our relationship, until lately things have changed for him. he’s attitude towards me is so different than before, he refuses to talk when i ask him what’s wrong. he always say “i have no energy to explain” . i’m also getting tired of this because my work is really affected everytime i have to think about what’s going on. so i just decided to let him go, maybe it has been so long that he got tired of me. well, we’re not married so it’s not so complicated but it hurts like hell.
hi i feel that i am stupid because until now i really love my ex boy friend i don’t know what to do….every time i remember him i cry….
i had a gf in almost 3 yrs but im not happy it still my ex gf erlyn i love the most….. i broke up with my gf bec it is so unfair to her,..now i have to move on because erlyn dont want me anymore’ what will i do?…i love her so much…
let go mak.. same like me letting go..
i am inlove with the person who’s already had his family. we’ve been for 4 yrs. i know its wrong but everytime i wanna let go it hurts me hundred times. i made him cry always because i wanted him to get pissed on me and would be easy for me if he would be the one who’s going to turn his back on me. now im leaving the country for the reason that i wanted to let him go after nearly 5 yrs.. its hurting me and he doesn’t know know that i am going. i dont know what to do because everytime i wanted to step forward i just want him to hold me forever and never just let me go.. his the first person i love this much and i know whats going to happened with him if i go without him knowing i wont never go back..
In my life so far, there were so many boys I’ve liked, but i never dated them. but there was this guy, who’s very different from the others. we shared so much things in common..and we really got along. as in when we look at each other, we would smile or laugh. And with that, i was already thinking that he was the one.
then i dont know how it happend but his classmate knew about my feelings
for that guy. then the teasing began. it was VERY annoying and painful. like
i want to shut his crap-filled mouth up. and i can’t get mad at him, he was
the cousin of my bff…then that guy knew.
and now, he ignores me. when he looks at me (never does anymore) he actually looks right through me. and when i try to talk to him, its like his mind is
somehwere else.
i dont know anymore. but this helped me;) even though we weren’t together..
but at least i get to feel that feeling <3
hate this feeling.. i love him so much.. for 2 yrs we’ve been together but we end the relationship for the sake of others.. i’m trying to do what can ease all the pain that i have. i want to forget him and find another love, still i’m in deep pain.. i really don’t know if i can make it or i can survive the feeling of not having him.. how can i be happy?? i wanna hate him for all these pain but i don’t want.
i’m so despirate…
i met a guy in a country where i am working he’s so kind can consider him as a man of every ladies dreams he became my boyfriend i’m so happy being with him i love him so much we had a lot of happy moments when we are together hanging around during my free times and those moments hurting me too much now..last feb 2,2011 i recieved a message on a facebook he was saying nice compliments based on my profile pics then he asked me if i had a bf then i reply the message i said yes i have then i open that certain name i found out the the names on his friendslist connected to my bf but that person who sent me message was not so i decided to play with him because i know it was him i gave him my email add my mobile # i told him call me i wanna hear your voice but he didn’t bother to call and even add me on msn i ride on his tricks he said really you have a bf i told him no i dont have after that i rcvd sms from him he said what am i to you?i answer him you are my friend my bf and soon to become my husband….i asked him why ? he just simply said it’s ok never mind from that time on he always have excuses when he’s not answering my calls even my sms even i told him already about what i had found out i told him i admit it was my fault i played with your tricks i know it was you from the very beggining i say sorry for that but he become speechless even a single word from him until now .i admit i suffered a lot because i love him so much i told him if this is goodbye even it hurts just let me know but he dont even send me any sms …im still hoping that one day he will realized his mistakes too god knows i never did anything wrong behind him i had a lot of sleepless nights since the last time i didn’t recieved any sms from him ….thank you for this site atleast it helps me to lessen the pain that i felt now i was really hurt this time…i don’t know what to do ?until now im still doing my daily routine txt him before i go to work and after work even i never get any reply from him….
sorry guys but i am just in a deep pain now.i really don’t know what to think now i had a boyfriend mahal na mahal ko siya at alam ko mahal niya din ako masaya kami sa tuwing magkasama kami and it was out of my expectations that 1 day i will wake up na wala na akong mabbasang message galing sa kanya i never forget the last message i recieved he asked what if 1 day i saw him sitting with another girl what i will do?i simply answer him i will just look at you with a question in my eyes then he answered me so you don’t care?i told him it doesn’t mean like that alam mo kung gaanu kita kamahal,kung gaanu ka kaimportante sa akin ,pero hanggang dun na lang pala yun even just a single hi and hello wala na ako nabasang mensahe from him pero di pa rin ako sumusuko ayokong maramdaman na wala na siya na wala na yung taong minahal ko ng sobra sobra patuloy pa din akong nagbabakasakali na sasagutin niya tawag ko pati mga message ko.mas masakit kasi yung naiisip mo yung masasayang araw na magkasama kau masayang nag uusap ,nagtatawanan,doon ako mas nasasaktan.tama ba na hanggang ngayon maghintay pa din ako sa kanya?bakit kaya hanggang ngayon di ko naririnig sa kanya na tama na hanggang dun na lang tayo kahit sinasabi ko na sa kanya na ok lang naman sa akin na prangkahin niya ako na ayaw niya na tapos na kami atleast alam ko kung san ko ilulugar ang sarili ko.kasi epokrita ako kung di ko aaminin na mahal na mahal ko pa din siya after all the pain that i felt right now.i miss him so much…mr.R.A
Hey guys really In need of help!! 7 months ago i started dating this guy that already had a girlfriend it started off really good after like 4 months into it he told me he loved me i never said anything back to him intel later i had feelings for him the entire time we were messing around but i was so confused about the whole situation i didn’t want to pour my heart out to him and he doesn’t feel the same way i used be with him almost everyday now it seems like he is bored with me and really doesn’t have interest in me anymore he barely calls.to me i feel he is using me and not really here for me but i just can’t let go it hurts me so much the thought of letting go.he has changed my life in so many ways and i feel i need him as much as he says he needs me.he also told me he doesn’t love her and doesn’t have a future with her one night i went through his phone and someone sent a text and asked him when are they getting married?i’m so confused at this point and don’t know what to do part of me wants to stay and part me wants to let go.can someone help me i feel so naive about this because i’ve been through something similar to this and i’m not looking forward for it again.
Is it ‘pity’ or ‘love’?
I am married with this guy for 15 years. I know he’s a good man but he dont know how to treat his girl. He’s so insensitive, and irresponsible financially. Long time i wanted to leave him…. but always ended up in forgiving! He always threaten me he’ll commit suicide if i leave him — i am afraid he’ll really do it coz he did once. But i am not happy anymore… i hate myself of being like this.
Don’t make someone a priority when you are just an option to them.
hi i’m jeff,i’m a girl..i have a boyfriend for ten mo.s now..ilove him and i can feel that he does feel the same..until an incident happened where in i got conflict to the group we both belong to..i know he’s kind and really loves the group..but am i wrong to think that he can’t stand up for me..i’m not asking him to get himself into fight with the members just because of the things they are telling about me..all i want is his symphaty. He already,well, that’s how i feel.He’s not as sweet as before and he don’t even say iloveyounow..i’m asking hima bout it..he said he still love me, but i’m hurting on how he is asking..today, i asked him if he could fetch me after my class but he said he’ll go home and have a review,i went to his place to check on him after my class but i didn’t find him there..ilove him but basing on the things happening to us now.i feel like i can’t hold on anymore..i feel like it’s better if i just let go of him..i want to set him free now even though he’s not asking for it..am i wrong for feeling like this??
one more issue is this..am i wrong of being jealous to his bestfriend..that girl feels something special for it and he is aware of it. i didnot ask him to stay away from that girl because he’s not toleratingmyjealousy..he always get annoyed to me everytime i’m jealous..the girl is endifferent to me and my bf is treating her somewhat special..they txt each other everyday and if he is not with me..he is with her..if he is not me whom he is calling..it’s her..i feel frustrated..tell me..am i wrong for being jealous..don’t i have any reason to be jealous at all??
hi im loren, so i had to move overseas becasue my dad is in the military. there i met this one guy who is also in the military, we started dating and after 6months of being together i have to go back to florida to get recruiter(by choice) the thing is that we are not having a long distance relationship because we both believe long distance relationships dont work. he told me that he is in love with me and i have told him the same. i knoe he loves me because he stopped drinking for me and all he does on his free time is hang out with me. i changed for him too, not because he asked me to but because i fell in love with him. but either way im leaving. not because i dont love him but because i have to start doing something about my future. the truth is that i love him and i try to tell myself that im making a good decision but im still scare i might regret leaving him.. i dont know what to do to cheer myself up =(
What am i suppose to do. I just broke up with my girlfriend a month ago, yet we still hold hands and kiss. I told her i want to be with her again, But she tells me ” she doesnt know what she wants ” i don’t know wheather to hold on and see what happens. Or just let go and stop? Any advice.