Quotes About Letting Go Of The Past

#1. For it is in letting go of the past that you reclaim your power. Step through the gateway now.

Ralph Blum

#2. Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free.

Asa Don Brown

#3. Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.

Oprah Winfrey

#4. By letting go of the past with love and gratitude, I am creating beautiful memories, which are living in me, but I am living at present not in memories.

Debasish Mridha

#5. Sometimes it takes letting go of the past to find out who you want to be.

A.J. Pine

#6. We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.

Gordon Livingston

#7. Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it

Oprah Winfrey

#8. Letting go of the past does not mean that we should try to forget everything that has happened to us and not learn anything from our previous thinking patterns and actions. Letting go simply means that we do not allow the past to control our current thoughts and actions.

Gudjon Bergmann

#9. Radical Forgiveness is much more than the mere letting go of the past. It is the key to creating the life that we want, and the world that we want. It is the key to our own happiness and the key to world peace. It is no longer an option. It is our destiny.

Colin Tipping

#10. Many people are reluctant to show mercy because they don't understand the difference between trust and forgiveness.
Forgiveness is letting go of the past. Trust has to do with future behavior.

Rick Warren

#11. Letting go doesn't just mean letting go of the past, but letting go of an unknown future; and embracing NOW.

Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#12. Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Gerald G. Jampolsky

#13. Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we're mad at people, we're angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.

Marianne Williamson

#14. It's hard letting go of the past, when there are no firm handholds in the future.

Ashleigh Brilliant

#15. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

#16. Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such mindful grief, neither past nor person can be laid to rest.

David Richo

#17. Peace can only be achieved by letting go of the past and accepting what is.

Abhishek Kumar

#18. 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

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

Stephen Richards

#20. Resentment and bitterness and old grudges were dead things, which rotted the hands that grasped them.

Winston Graham

#21. 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

#22. Don't try fixing something that is already broken in the first place.

John Robert Go

#23. 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

#24. When you cling to something from the past, your hands cannot be open to receive the gifts of the future.

Kate McGahan

#25. The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins.

Stephen Richards

#26. 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

#27. He backed off, the way he always does, but it won't happen a second time. If he ever sees her again he's going to go right up to her and ask her to marry him, that's what he'll do. He's sick of letting fate roll right past him.

Alice Hoffman

#28. 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.

#29. Sometimes people are so genuinely themselves they aren't conscious of the fact they have wronged you; sometimes you shouldn't care enough to bring it to their attention.

J'son M. Lee

#30. Let go of the past and go for the future.

Henry David Thoreau

#31. 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

#32. Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past

Emily Giffin

#33. 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

#34. 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

#35. The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

James Alan Gardner

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

Stephen Richards

#37. One must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is. (Page 106)

Karen Marie Moning

#38. You have to forgive yourself for your past mistakes, and you have to forgive those that hurt you for what they did to you, or you're never going to fully move on.

Jennifer Gracen

#39. It is not memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not the person we were in the past. P.118

Marie Kondo

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

Stephen Richards

#41. Letting yesterday affect today will only destroy the excitement of tomorrow.

Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#42. if people do not understand you outrightly, do not worry; understand people outrightly and act with wisdom, courage and understanding

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#43. As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can dream bravely: letting go of your limiting beliefs and pushing past your fears. You can start to come up with a truly original dream that germinates in your soul and bears fruit in your life.

Alberto Villoldo

#44. Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.

Stephen Richards

#45. 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

#46. Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Tim Fargo

#47. Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.

Sharon Salzberg

#48. Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.

Ernie J Zelinski

#49. 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

#50. The past is the past and I'm letting go of it and all the anger that comes with it. I'm trying out this thing called peace, and I'm hoping that wherever you are you can find that peace too knowing that I'm letting the ugliness of the past go, and knowing that no matter what I loved you.

Samantha Young

#51. 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

#52. The practice of forgiving is a sequential practice that begins with excusing someone.

Stephen Richards

#53. 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

#54. The story of your past doesn't have to become the story of your life.

Luminita D. Saviuc

#55. The life is possible without the past. You can always have a fresh start with life, at any point. Each moment millions of children's are born to have a fresh start with life.

Roshan Sharma

#56. 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

#57. 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

#58. 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

#59. Release and resolve fear, and what you want flows freely.

Shirley Maclaine

#60. Harping should be limited to musical instruments. - Charmainism

Charmaine Smith Ladd

#61. 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

#62. Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.

Norman Vincent Peale

#63. Sometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is.

Karen Marie Moning

#64. 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

#65. 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

#66. Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing!

Stephen Richards

#67. 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

#68. 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

#69. In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

Deepak Chopra

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

Stephen Richards

#71. One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is only by letting go of the hopes, the fears, the pain, the past, the stories that have a hold on us that we can quiet our mind and open our heart.

Jack Kornfield

#72. It's never easy letting go. But if we don't learn the art of relinquishment, we'll never move forward to embrace the new relationships God has for us.

Mary E. DeMuth

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

Stephen Richards

#74. Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed

Oprah Winfrey

#75. Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

Marianne Williamson

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

Stephen Richards

#77. 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

#78. We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future.

Lester Levenson

#79. 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

#80. Release blame. It does not help you to go over and over what you think you should have done or said. Stop blaming other people too. You don't need to make yourself or other people "wrong" in order to deal with your life in the moment.

Sheri Kaye Hoff

#81. 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

#82. 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

#83. Through my writing, I learned my Life Lessons from all the experiences in my past, good and bad. Letting go of the drama we create for ourselves is the biggest gift we can ever receive.

KoKo Nervelli

#84. 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

#85. Just for today, allow yourself to embrace all that you are every moment. Know that you are a vessel of light. Allow yourself to release all doubts about your ability, the mistakes of the past, the fear of the future.

Iyanla Vanzant

#86. When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.

Jennifer Ho-Dougatz

#87. 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

#88. You have to let go of the past to have a better future, and you do that through love and family.

Wayne Blair

#89. My past takes no hostages, no prisoners. I've let go of yesterday and am free to receive the beautiful gift of the present.

Jaeda DeWalt

#90. 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

#91. 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

#92. Live today. Let go of your attachment to your past as an excuse for your life conditions today. You are the product of the choices you are making right now.

Wayne Dyer

#93. 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

#94. 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

#95. Letting go looks different for everyone, I think. Sometimes it's as simple as waking up one day and deciding not to let your past rule you. Other times it's a process; slow moving and painful, like trudging through a forest of thorny vines in hopes that you'll find freedom on the other side.

Allison J. Kennedy

#96. Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you.

Caroline Myss

#97. The future has no memory of your past or present. You are free to make it anything you choose. So make it great!

Meena Sarine

#98. 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

#99. 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

#100. Sometimes you have to let go in order to receive; after all the universe naturally acquires balance.

Turcois Ominek