Top 100 Let Go Of The Past Quotes
#1. Memory cuts both ways; it can either provide you with tremendous strength and a foundation to carry you through your life, or it can be a demon that just ruins your present and your future because you can't let go of the past.
Laurie Halse Anderson
#2. Let go of the past.
Open to forever.
Hearts can heal.
Inside them is that which can never be broken.
Edward Fahey
#3. I let go of the past And took in a deep breath I'm ready to embrace what's next Whatever comes my way I'll find a way to cope As I breathe the fresh air of a new day My lungs fill with hope
Elaine Allen
#4. Don't believe the ugly. It's not true. The only fatal thing is to give up."
"But..."
"If you can't let go of the past, you'll never be anything but a slave to it.
E.J. Squires
#5. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future.
Saul Alinsky
#7. Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past
Emily Giffin
#8. You can't move on until you let go of the past.
Marilyn Grey
#10. Some managers are able to let go of the past better than others. Those that have the greatest difficulty abandoning things are often those unable to face reality.
Henry Cloud
#11. Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.
Ernie J Zelinski
#12. Your journey into the future can only begin when you are able to let go of the past.
Debasish Mridha
#13. As I let go of the past, the past let go of me.
Keith Donohue
#14. To live is to change, to change is to let go of the past and welcome the future.
Debasish Mridha
#15. For the first time, I understand that, as much as one might desire change, one has to be willing to take a risk, to free-fall, to fail, and that you've got to let go of the past.
A.M. Homes
#16. In order to live to the fullest one needs to let go of the past, needs to see beyond the miseries of life, needs to appreciate life
Me
#17. Life is wonderful, so revel in its beauty. Be all you can be, and let go of the past. It is nothing but shadows.
David Clement-Davies
#18. Stop being a coward and let go of the past. Embrace the future, because they are two very different things.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
#19. We cannot let go of the past enough to live in the present unless we are able to grieve our losses. We must deeply feel our emotional pain in order to accept that what is happening is not what we wanted. pg 155
John Kuypers
#20. you simply need to unchain yourself from the past. Then you may find that you have all the power that you need once the past has been released. To let go of the past may be the most meaningful action you will ever take.
Max Strom
#21. Freedom may come not from being in control of life but rather from a willingness to move with the events of life, to hold on to our memories but let go of the past, to choose, when necessary, the inevitable. We can become free at any time.
Rachel Naomi Remen
#22. The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience.
Stephen Richards
#23. As a child, we let go of the past easily but not as an adult. As a child, we changed one grade after another without complaints and with eagerness, but now we are changing our grade every day, but without joy and with great dismay.
Debasish Mridha
#24. Every moment, every breath, is a new opportunity. An opportunity to let go of the past and to become the person you choose to be.
John Bruna
#25. Love yourself.
Love your soul and let go of the past.
Past pain is keeping you in pain.
You don't have to deteriorate.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#26. Dogs, for a reason that can only be described as divine, have the ability to forgive, let go of the past, and live each day joyously. It's something the rest of us strive for.
Jennifer Skiff
#27. Let go of the past, of the things I wanted, of the people I loved, and move forward.
Devon Monk
#28. To be a success, let go of the past and accept the beauty of change.
Debasish Mridha
#29. Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves ... We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious.
Leonard Jacobson
#30. You have to let go of the past to have a better future, and you do that through love and family.
Wayne Blair
#31. It Is Hard To Let Go Of The Past If You Have Not Learned From The Past. As Soon As You Learn And Let Go, You Improve The Present Today.
Spencer Johnson
#32. Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace and you be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.
Caroline Myss
#33. You can travel the world but If you cannot let go of the past, you will never move on.
Gerald Freeman
#35. Sometimes you can't let go of the past without facing it again.
Gail Tsukiyama
#36. The act of forgiveness is the act of returning to present time. And that's why when one has become a forgiving person, and has managed to let go of the past, what they've really done is they've shifted their relationship with time.
Caroline Myss
#37. Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure.
Jane Austen
#38. You said we should let go of the past, but I don't know if the past will let go of me.
Kate Kae Myers
#40. Let go of the past and live the future ... Live the life you imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
#41. When we can't let go of the past, painful moments accumulate in us; metastasizing in our consciousness like an emotional cancer.
Bryant McGill
#42. Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Let go of the present. Proceed to the opposite shore with a free mind, leaving behind all conditioned things.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#43. You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward.
Bryant McGill
#44. Let go of the past. Live today and look forward to the future,
Carolyn Brown
#45. My core message is that God has got a good plan for your lives, and we must trust Him, and let go of the past. That's my main message.
Joel Osteen
#46. Life is happening whether you embrace it or not. You need to let go of the past, the pain, whatever holds you back from having a bright life. You need to free yourself, your mind, your heart.
S.L. Scott
#47. Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#48. I let go of the past and choose to accept every situation as being for me and not against me.
Iyanla Vanzant
#49. But you have to let go of the past first or you won't believe a word she says.
Brenda Novak
#50. Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past
Kurt Vonnegut
#51. Promise me no promises,
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?
Christina Rossetti
#52. In that moment, I welcomed back the light and let go of the fear, the feelings of unworthiness, the past, the loss, the wallowing, the grief and the anger. I let go of the illusion of control in our losses, of our afflictions.
Ariana Carruth
#53. Let go of your past, and look to Mine, where I died for you. Yield to Me, and I will make you a true Knight of the Prince.
Chuck Black
#54. Learn from the past, be thankful for the past, forgive the mistakes of the past, and let it go.
Debasish Mridha
#56. I receive the blessing of past dates, the lessons and the joy, and let the rest go now for all time.
Amy Leigh Mercree
#57. To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.
Charles J. Givens
#58. But you have to let go of it sometime, Gaby. You can't change the past, any of it, and hanging on just eats your life away.
Soheir Khashoggi
#59. No amount of regret can change the past. No amount of anxiety can change the future.
Karen Salmansohn
#60. If I wanted to be free of this unrequited longing, I would have to make peace with the past and finally let go. There was no way around it. But did I want to be free of it - and him?
Kat Von D.
#61. Practice living every moment of your daily life deeply and in freedom. If that's what you really want, then what you need to do is let go of pursuing the past, the future, and all your worries, and come back to the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#62. They were all gone now, broken or taken by people who had no idea what such items represented. Let them go. She held the past in her heart, with no need of physical items to tie it down.
Robin Hobb
#63. You must learn, you must let God teach you, that the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.
Phillips Brooks
#64. Only time will tell, as our memories fade into a past that isn't meant to be a part of the future. Eventually, we have to find a way to let them go, to move forward and accept what's to come.
A.M. Willard
#65. We all have the awesome and underutilized power to simply let go of our past and step beyond it
Charles M. Blow
#66. But no matter what I did, Elentiya, I want you to know that in the darkness of the past ten years, you were one of the bright lights for me. Do not let that light go out
Sarah J. Maas
#67. Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.
Brian L. Weiss
#68. This is the time to make those hard decisions and let things go. Ask yourself, "Is this item part of my past or my future?" If it's sentimental, take a picture and let it go! Save the memory in a picture, but not on your shelf.
Marcia Ramsland
#69. It is said that the ignorant are obstructed by ignorance, while the intellectuals are obstructed by intellectual knowledge. One way of getting past these obstacles and approaching inherent knowledge is to let go of whatever comes to mind.
Muso Kokushi
#70. To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we're holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.
Debbie Ford
#71. Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future; instead, we are focused on the present.
Deepak Chopra
#72. Let today be the day you finally release yourself from the imprisonment of past grudges and anger. Simplify your life. Let go of the poisonous past and live the abundantly beautiful present ... today.
Steve Maraboli
#73. Ive been waiting for this moment,
The one where looking back doesn't seem fascinating anymore & looking forward doesn't seem to be the greatest seek, I am so darn content with creating and living right now that there honestly isn't any room left for the ordinary.
Nikki Rowe
#74. Pain of the past never goes away, you just find a way to deal with it. And in the future ... all the promise it holds ... that's what keeps you moving forward, and out of the darkness.
Samantha Towle
#75. I love it when I meet a woman who was poor as a child and maybe had an abusive family, and broke out and found the one and they're married with a very healthy home and children, and they've let go of regret and their past and decided to embrace their journey and what that stands for.
Abbie Cornish
#76. The secret to life is to have no fear. When you can let go of what others think about you, how something is going to turn out, or how your past will affect your future, then you are finally living life free.
Shannon L. Alder
#77. Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don't become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don't remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on.
Les Brown
#78. Letting go is never easy. There is no short-cut or trick to it. You must be committed enough to your future to let go of your past. It's not easy and it's likely to hurt, but it is for the best.
Steve Maraboli
#79. America is a great country. We have a lot to be proud of, and a lot to look forward to being proud of. But let's not ever forget to look back into the past, learn from it, and embrace it, for to deny the past is a dark path to go down.
Lauren Lola
#80. Although you should not erase your responsibility for the past, when you make the past your jailer, you destroy your future. It is such a great moment of liberation when you learn to forgive yourself, let the burden go, and walk out into a new path of promise and possibility.
John O'Donohue
#81. When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.
Jack Kornfield
#82. It was hard to say therefore why he did not go below, and rally his brother, and encourage him to let the past fade, and look forward to what lay before him. Unless, in his heart of hearts he recognized as Lymond did that what lay around him were shut gates; and what lay before him was nothing.
Dorothy Dunnett
#83. It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.
Angelina Jolie
#84. We have a choice. To be bitter and angry, or to try and move on. It's the hardest thing for me, letting go of all that righteous anger. I'm still struggling. But that's what I want to do.
Kim Edwards
#85. Let it all go, one foot in the grave and one bag packed. We shall go to our end in the warm glow of the past, burning up the memories, all the clutter given back.
Peter R. Pouncey
#86. anxiety is out of place in the present moment. It depends on the past and the future for its existence. This understanding matters if you hope to let go of your struggle with anxiety.
Kelly G. Wilson
#87. Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
#88. Let go of difficulties from your past, cultural codes, and social beliefs. You are the only one who can create the life you deserve.
Rhonda Byrne
#89. To live in joy and fully manifest our true potential, we must let go of our desires and attachment to the past and the future and be excited about living in the unknown.
Mada Eliza Dalian
#90. I've spent most of my life trying to make it to a future that still hasn't happened, or avoid a past that won't let me go. I don't remember when I've ever just stopped to live in the present, to hold on to the seconds I'm in. ~ Emma
Rebecca Donovan
#91. We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future.
Lester Levenson
#92. In each of us there is internal knowledge, a gentle voice, beckoning us
toward well-being. It tells us to let go, to stay in the river of present experience, not to dam up our lives by worrying about potential futures or bemoaning past mistakes.
Marcey Shapiro
#93. Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind released everywhere, do not further undergo birth and decay.
Gautama Buddha
#94. I was starting to see that the past might color the future, but it didn't determine it. And if I could believe that, it was much easier to let go of what I'd done wrong.
Jodi Picoult
#95. It's your glove, your baseball glove. It's got a soul, a memory all its own, and a future that never fades because it has never let go of the grasp the past has on you and so many others.
Mike Barnicle
#96. The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to
release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the
clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our
spirit.
Jack Kornfield
#97. Thought for Today: I dream big! I let go of any limitations on my imagination, and I give voice to my inner wisdom and creative impulses. I shed past fears and doubts, replacing them with courage and love. I nurture my future with the same care that I would give to a newborn baby.
Doreen Virtue
#98. If you want to be financially-free, you need to become a different person than you are today and let go of whatever has held you back in the past.
Robert Kiyosaki
#99. Your desires will source you with the inspiration to release your outdated beliefs and let go of whatever behavior is keeping you stuck in the past.
Debbie Ford
#100. I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life.
Dave Pelzer
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