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70 Inspirational Quotes About Letting Go And Moving On

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go." —Hermann Hesse

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57.

Let go, or be dragged.
—Unknown


58.

You can’t move forward if you’re still hanging on.
—Sue Fitzmaurice


59.

Relinquishing control to another person is like death: it’s only scary until it finally happens.
—Agnostic Zetetic


60.

The bottom line is this; when one person stops being a part of your life, another one will come, and fill that empty space. Leave the ones who left in the past, right where they belong, and never look back.
—Ena Snow


61.

Letting go is the willingness to change your beliefs in order to bring more peace and joy into your life instead of holding onto beliefs that bring pain and suffering…
—Hal Tipper


62.

Just because someone has been in your life for many years, doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be a point at which you finally decide to let go.
—Wilfred James Dolor


63.

Sometimes you have to let things go. Sometimes you have to stop caring for a minute.
—Trina Etmanskie


64.

The moment after being let go, when we can finally let it go, is the moment when love once again has hope.
—Brian MacLearn


65.

Letting go is not getting rid of memories. Memories will stay, they always do. Letting go is making sure that the pain associated with the memories goes away.
—Arti Honrao


66.

You’ve got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don’t want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it’s always a process of letting go, one way or the other.
—Charles Bukowski


67.

You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them…but still move on without them.
—Mandy Hale


68.

She let him go once. Every day demands that she release him over and over again.
—Julianna Baggott


69.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.
—Octavia Butler


70.

Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.
—Alice Walker
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