100 Quotes About Moving On And Letting Go

Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails. Aberjhani

There is no excuse good enough to ever be out of alignment with love. You’re going to get hurt, and you will feel pain. Yet your purpose is to keep loving, anyway. Keep moving forward with an open heart. Love is a Divine gift given to humanity. Wasting it is no longer an option. Love is what brings light to a dark place. Love is what transforms a dying world into a thriving planet. Alaric Hutchinson

You don't really love me, or you never would have treated me like you did. You were just afraid of letting me go. There’s a difference, and no one knows that better than I do. We were both afraid of moving on, me of what I really wanted. It brought us together, it bound us, but no longer. I am done with making decisions based on fear. [Nicholas to Grace] Emily Colin

Sometimes I think I would rather just remember it in my head, all those streets and the places I loved. The way it smelled of car exhaust and sweet fruit. The thickness of the heat. The sound of dogs barking in alleyways. That's the Panama I want to hold on to. Because a place can do many things against you, and if it's your home or if it was your home at one time, you still love it. That's how it works. . Cristina Henriquez

You'll never get to the happily ever after if you don't move past the current chapter... Carmen DeSousa

The less you move on the groundthe more the world moves around. Ana Claudia Antunes

I dreamt i crawled on top of you and kissed your hips, one at a time, my lips a smolder. i straddled your waist and pressed both shaking hands against your torso. spongy, like an old tree on the forest floor. i push and your flesh sinks inwardly, collapsing with decay, a soft shushing sound. a yawning hole where your organs should be. maggots used to live here until your own poison killed them off. i laid my cheek into the loam and three little mushrooms brushed over my eyelid. peat, decomposing matter, all of it, whatever you wish to call it, rested in the cavity of your chest. and there i planted seeds in the hopes something good would come out of you. Taylor Rhodes

I can see her struggling to find the right word. Death seems so harsh. Passing so oblique. Some things are beyond words, I suppose, and she never finishes the statement. It seems right, that her words should fall into oblivion; after all, she–like me, like everyone–has no words for what follows, for the unknowable, only her hopes and prayers and an unwavering faith in something more. Kelseyleigh Reber

When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge. Stephen Richards

You are the custodian of your own happiness. What other people say, do or think does not create a basis for your happiness. It is you who decides your own happiness, just like forgiveness. Stephen Richards

The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins. Stephen Richards

Locking ourselves in the situation where we wish for sympathy and want to be looked at as the aggrieved party normally makes us powerless. Stephen Richards

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness. Stephen Richards

The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way. Stephen Richards

Sometimes we are very convinced that what we went through needs to be re-lived so we end up going back and forth to the demons of the past and eventually we fail to get over them. Stephen Richards

Forgiveness does not change the past, that’s for sure, but it does change the future. Stephen Richards

The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process. Stephen Richards

The only thing that will make us remain glued to being the victim is our failure to handle the emotions that we go through and the pain that overcomes us. Stephen Richards

When you make up your mind to forgive, your happiness will almost automatically follow. Stephen Richards

In an unforgiving world, chaos rules. Stephen Richards

When you forgive, you immerse yourself in healing waters. Stephen Richards

When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts. Stephen Richards

Offer yourself forgiveness as a gift. The word ‘give’ is the basic keyword in the word forgiveness, therefore it relays a meaning therein. Stephen Richards

The same zeal and guts with which you were persistent not to forgive is the same zeal and enthusiasm with which you should be able to open up a new relationship with your partner, loved one or friend, one that is founded on commitment and dedication. Stephen Richards

Your forgiveness or failure to forgive simply takes you nearer or further away from your ultimate goal. There are no two ways to deal with it, there is only one. Stephen Richards

Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well. Stephen Richards

We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak! Stephen Richards

Just because you have been through a bad experience does not give you the ticket to keep going back to that situation over and over again and dramatizing it out of proportion. Stephen Richards

Overly playing the role of the victim can debar you from accepting responsibility for your actions and emotions. Stephen Richards

Being joyous or happy is not something you should feel guilty about. Stephen Richards

The idea of always wanting to be the victim in circumstances where you have been offended is a common human trait. Each person wants to be viewed as the aggrieved party. Stephen Richards

Do the forgiveness and carry on going forward. Leave the worrying to the other person. Eat what is on your plate and leave the rest to them. Stephen Richards

In the process of forgiveness, you can only control your own actions and decisions. Stephen Richards

The purpose of forgiveness is not to make sure that someone ends up changing into what you expect them to be, as this is dominance. The purpose is actually to make your own life better, more worthy and less stressful. Forgiveness reduces the hold that the wrongdoer has over you and empowers you. Stephen Richards

Assuming you are still lost in thought about when exactly you should forgive someone, well the time is NOW. Stephen Richards

Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness. Stephen Richards

Failing to forgive yourself for certain wrongs you committed in the past can create self-dislike. Stephen Richards

Other people may well not find it relevant that you have forgiven yourself, but you need to know that it is not for them anyway. Everything at the moment is wholly about you. Stephen Richards

A broken and mended relationship turns out to be stronger than one that has never been broken, almost like how bones can become even stronger once broken and then healed. Stephen Richards

Take a walk through the garden of forgiveness and pick a flower of forgiveness for everything you have ever done. Stephen Richards

You are simply naturally inclined to make mistakes just as everyone else is, whether male or female, black or white, young or old. These mistakes are your school of learning, therefore forgiveness is your greatest teacher in this school of learning. Stephen Richards

Forgiveness is not simply a single act, it is a full process. Stephen Richards

If there ever was someone who had a control over you, someone who could cause you the greatest pain, someone who could ignore your most necessary requirements and someone for whom forgiveness were truly difficult to render, that person is none other than YOU. Stephen Richards

All the resentment that lies in your heart is simply causing damage to you mostly. Stephen Richards

Just because someone wakes up one morning and says, “Today I am going to be rich, ” does not automatically make them rich. So the same is true with forgiveness, it has to come from the heart with meaning, that is when it works best. Stephen Richards

The moment we see beyond our personal desires to be felt sympathy for, that is the time we can actually start the journey to that final destination of true forgiveness. Stephen Richards

If we studied the issue of forgiveness with a wider perspective, we are bound to opt for it after all. Stephen Richards

Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over. Stephen Richards

The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience. Stephen Richards

Do not be deceived that you are weak because you have forgiven; instead be rest assured that you are now showing great strength - after all, forgiving is one of the most difficult things to do. Stephen Richards

Remember, forgiveness is not a millstone but a milestone! Stephen Richards

The truth is, forgiving is a rather simple concept to grasp. It is often imagined that when you forgive, you have to reconcile with someone and yet this is a larger team in which forgiveness is just a player. Stephen Richards

The world is full of victims; don’t add to the growing culture of “I’ve a story to tell”, well not unless it’s a story to help others overcome situations or as a warning. Stephen Richards

Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity. Stephen Richards

Before making a snap judgment, ask yourself if it really is something that has hurt you or simply just made you angry at yourself for allowing it to happen. It’s amazing what ‘sleeping on it’ can do. A new day sees a new beginning. Stephen Richards

This pain you are avoiding is a very necessary pain that will make you strong again. Stephen Richards

We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday. Stephen Richards

You can learn to heal yourself, learn to understand that the pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow! Stephen Richards

Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing! Stephen Richards

The pain you have gone through will give you the strength of character to come through it all, so long as you learn from what you have suffered then it was not suffering at all. Stephen Richards

What you have suffered after you have healed will make perfect sense. Stephen Richards

You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong. Stephen Richards

The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone. Stephen Richards

As human beings, we are custom made to be happy. Why then would we want to change the order of things by not being happy? Stephen Richards

The pain you feel is simply because you do not yet have the strength to forgive. But you will grow strong again, that is for sure. Stephen Richards

Due to the need to co-exist with these inhuman and inconsiderate people, we will obviously be disturbed by their acts; something which if we look at closely actually means that we too could be affecting some other people negatively every once in a while. Stephen Richards

One way you can trace your way back to real and true happiness and joy is through forgiveness. Stephen Richards

By understanding the basic impediments to forgiveness, the repercussions of failing to forgive and the fruits of forgiveness, this will lead you gently to the shoreline of a distinct new and more powerful YOU. Stephen Richards

If people do not understand you outrightly, do not worry; understand people outrightly and act with wisdom, courage and understanding Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Stop focusing on your past mistakes. Don’t be ashamed of the things that you’ve done. We ALL have made mistakes. Don’t you see? All of those things helped shape you into the beautiful person that you are today! Hold your head up high because you didn’t allow your past mistakes to consume you. You learned! You conquered! You became a better YOU. Be proud of who you are TODAY! Stephanie Lahart

Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow. Matshona Dhliwayo

Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive. Germany Kent

Life goes on... with or without you. Faraaz Kazi

He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar.. You can still live on that shimmering line between your old thinking and your new understanding, always in a state of learning. In the figurative sense, this is a border that is always moving-- as you advance forward in your studies and realizations, that mysterious forest of the unknown always stays a few feet ahead of you, so you have to travel light in order to keep following it. You have to stay mobile, movable, supple. Elizabeth Gilbert

Moving on should be a required high school classbecause Lynchburg is determined to make me forget. Taylor Rhodes

Looking back now, I would say that this was one of the first valuable lessons I learned, and one that would be useful in my future line of work. Sometimes things go wrong. It is inevitable. But it is a mistake to waste time and energy worrying about events that you cannot influence. Once they have happened, let them go. Anthony Horowitz

This is a story about survival. Letting go and learning to let in. Getting along and moving on. The truth about life. The things left unsaid... Unknown

Once you cry it out, it’s supposed to vanish…right? It’s not true. It’s just…a little less. It was the first chink in my brickwall. The wall was still there. And it was still made of bricks, but one, maybe two, had been torn down Tijan

To forgive is a solemn tussle between love and hate Ymatruz

Forgiveness is freedom. Forgiveness is liberation. Forgiveness is a choice. If you forgive and forget you are free but, if you keep it, you shall always have it and it shall always rule and direct your heart, mind, body and spirit. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Sometimes we grieve the living more than the dead. Lawren Leo

Learn to let go or everything you have ever done will be in vain. You will let go of everything right now." He told me, staring into my blue eyes with his big golden orbs. "You are going to let go of everything in this world and let yourself become nothing. Do you understand? Grace Fiorre

Walking alone is not difficult but when we have walked a mile worth a thousand years with someone then coming back alone is what is difficult. Faraaz Kazi

Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet… it’s so hard to let them go… to forget… to move ahead… Danielle Steel

When we can return to the roads of our past and see nothing but the beautiful view, then we've truly moved on. Nanette Mathews

There's this quote - "if there's anything I have learnt about life is that IT MOVES ON"let me tell you, these three words are only first half of the story. The other half is these five words - "YOU HAVE TO LET GO"If you continue to cling to your past, how will your life Ever move on. Some effort is required from your end too. Mansi Laus Deo