Letting Go Quotes

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go."

Hermann Hesse

"Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?"

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

Oprah Winfrey

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on."

Eckhart Tolle

"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."

Mary Oliver

"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."

"Feel the feelings and drop the story."

Pema Chodron

"Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop."

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.”

Swami Sivananda

“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”

Alan Watts

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”

Kahlil Gibran

“Kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.”

Barbara Kingsolver

“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past.”

Gerald Jampolsky

“Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.”

Joan Lunden

“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”

“To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”

Confucius

“Forgive and forget.”

English Proverb

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”

Hermann Hesse

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”

Alan Watts

“The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.”

Spencer Johnson

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

Joseph Campbell

“You only lose what you cling to.”