Top 100 To Let Go Quotes
#1. Life is just a series of new beginnings, my dear. Sometimes to move on, we have to be willing to let go.
Cole McCade
#2. I wish to be washed clean of my old life. To let go of my tide of sorrows and find my way to a new shore.
William Joyce
#3. 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
#4. With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.
Sharon Salzberg
#5. This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Rumi
#6. His hold was tight but tender, his breaths hoarse and ragged. I held his head to my chest for a long time, and I didn't want to let go. I never wanted to let go.
Darynda Jones
#7. Teach people to let go of their superficial mental chatter and obsessions. Teach people to pay attention to the whole body's reaction to a situation.
John Heider
#8. When we are able to let go of the worry, let it float away like a feather in the wind, we free ourselves of further burden and open the door to all that is right for us.
Charles F. Glassman
#9. Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you're working with.
Madonna Ciccone
#10. But it is possible to let go of this addiction. Consciousness is power. Once we are aware of ourselves as a separate Presence from our thoughts, we can then witness them and perhaps notice the addictive quality of thinking.
Arielle Hecht
#12. So this was what it felt like to lose yourself. Again. To let go of your future and let it rise up and up until finally you couldn't see it anymore, and you knew that you had to start over.
Dan Chaon
#13. Feeling sad about anything is holding onto it. Say, 'This is something I have to let go of,' and immediately you will feel better.
Lester Levenson
#14. Our greatest opportunities are to let go and surrender to that which is greater than our egoistic needs and desires.
Dashama Konah Gordon
#15. Be willing to let go of who you are, to become who you might be
Randy Gage
#17. He had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go."
From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102.
Alice Hoffman
#18. When I was willing to let go of what I wanted, I received what was truly mine. I've realized that the latter is always the greater gift.
Anita Moorjani
#19. I was perfectly calm and perfectly insane, perfectly prepared to accept what the moment had offered. Indifference of that magnitude is rare and because it can be achieved only by someone ready to let go of who he is, it demands respect. It inspires awe in those who gaze upon it.
Paul Auster
#20. A dream is such a driving force, it drives you to your future, to your purpose, to your destiny so you can't afford to let go to your dream.
Euginia Herlihy
#21. She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.
Danielle Steel
#22. When is it enough?" he asked. "We're told to let go of the ones that don't want help. How long do we try before we step back and let them do what they want? Before it's hurting everyone else around you to keep that person around?
C.L.Stone
#23. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose
George Lucas
#24. I love him. I tried to love him from afar. I tried to be his friend. I tried to make him mine. But now, I'm trying to let go.
MsButterfly
#25. What part of ourselves needs to evaporate in order to concentrate our essence? What do we have to let go?
Andrew Weil
#26. But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering.
Alan Watts
#27. You plan every step of your life, but sometimes you have to let life happen. Change is always unsettling, sometimes scary, but you have to let go. Take a risk. Risk can be fun.
Sarah Morgan
#28. One of the things that's complicated about writing anything is that it's an act of narcissism, and then of course once it sails out into the world, you have to let go of it.
Bill Ayers
#30. Oftentimes what we do to minimize a problem maximizes it! Embrace truth helps us to let go!
Evinda Lepins
#31. I had this whole Slim Shady concept of being two different people, having two different sides of me. One of them I was trying to let go, and I looked at the mirror and smashed it. That was the whole intro of the Slim Shady EP. Slim Shady was coming to haunt me ...
Eminem
#32. My friend and coach reminded me this week that there is a moment when the acrobat lets go of one trapeze and is completely suspended in mid-air before she catches the incoming rung. You have to let go to get there.
Danielle LaPorte
#33. An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe in and out, and we just watch that. Nothing else.
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
#34. I approach my work with a passionate intensity, acting as if its success depends entirely on me. "But once I've done my best, I try to let go as much as possible and have no expectations about how my work will be received by the world."
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#35. Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we've survived so far doing what we've done, why risk it.
Philippa Perry
#36. Before I get inside you again, you need to know that with me you don't have to hide your desires. With me you are free to let go. Whatever I can't give you I will get for you. Whatever makes you burn.
R.G. Alexander
#37. Sometimes, there is nothing more you can do. Sometimes there is nothing more left to understand. Sometimes, there is a world beyond, waiting for you. Sometimes, it is just not worth it. Sometimes, you have to let go.
Preeti Bhonsle
#38. In Systems Thinking, the true wisdom often comes from a willingness to let go of past learning.
Pearl Zhu
#39. It is hard to let go; harder to hold on to.
Aporva Kala
#40. 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
#41. I had the strength to rebel, but I did not have the strength to let go.
Bell Hooks
#42. Does anybody know how to hold my heart
How to hold my heart?
'Cause I don't want to let go, let go, let go too soon
I want to tell you so before the sun goes dark
How to hold my heart
'Cause I don't want to let go, let go, let go of you
Sara Bareilles
#43. Giving up does not mean you are weak, it just means you're strong enough to let go.
Anonymous
#44. 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
#45. Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.
John Boyne
#46. Even though I like kissing... No matter how much I think I want him to stop, that I hate him and want him to let go, in that moment, I couldn't care less. That's why... I'm... wondering whether I'm mistaking that for love.
Natsuki Kizu
#47. To perfect your nature means to let go of this world and place your attention fully in the plane of enlightenment.
Frederick Lenz
#48. Souls soar high above reach,
Hands extend but never touch,
Words exchanged in dulcet tones,
Tis a fated moment to understand one's truth,
Time to let go.
Truth Devour
#49. What you are trying to let go of
...is already gone.
Sanober Khan
#50. If she[ ... ] had known how much her first half-inch beginning to let go would take - and how long her noticing and renouncing owning and her turning her habits, and beginning the slimmest self-mastery whose end was nowhere in sight - would she have begun?
Annie Dillard
#51. Sometimes, courage is really just cowardice. Sometimes the bravest thing is to let go.
Miguel Syjuco
#52. Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.
Carl Jung
#53. Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.
Leah Busque
#54. Every "I hate you" that echoed from her chest was followed by an "I love you" from his lips. Every time she begged him to let go, he told her he would be there forever.
J.M. Darhower
#55. I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in my real life. I am able to let go. I think it's why I like it so much.
Chelsea Cain
#56. Allow yourself to let go, surrender, and breathe in the beautiful world that is waiting for you just outside of your comfort zone.
Leigh Hershkovich
#57. What is the purpose of my life, is it doesn't have to do with learning to let go?
Jack Johnson
#58. We are living in a world that is in the late stage of a Caterpillar. It is very important to let go of the old and start to gravitate to the new because we are leaving behind a world that is no longer sustainable and moving into a world in which we can thrive.
Bruce H. Lipton
#59. To create a wonderful day sometimes takes just a slight change in the way you look at it. Be willing to let go of an old, negative way that you look at something, and look at it in a new, positive way.
Louise Hay
#60. Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don't waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.
Brian Tracy
#61. For me, it's the slow release of my ego and certain belief systems that I identify with that give me comfort and an identity, and it's scary to let go of that.
Richard Brancatisano
#62. You have to let go of the past to have a better future, and you do that through love and family.
Wayne Blair
#63. You can't blame the person for creating that illness for themselves, because it was a creation. If you could find out how you created it, you might be able to find out a way to let go.
Fred Alan Wolf
#64. What do I want to let go of and what do I want to give myself to?
Parker J. Palmer
#65. Only those who have dared to let go can dare to re-enter.
Meister Eckhart
#66. If it's time to let go, JUST LET GO. You can't carry on through life with extra weight on your conscience.
Shannon Leto
#67. I'm at my strongest when I'm able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as disbeliefs, and leave myself open to all possibilities. That also seems to be when I'm able to experience the most internal clarity and synchronicities.
Anita Moorjani
#68. Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.
Ray Bradbury
#69. For the only slavery is desire, and he who learns to let go, to climb the wind-swept hills of self-becoming, naked of all possessions and desire, will drink the mountain air of freedom, and find the peace that lies not in the satisfaction but in the controlling of desire.
Christmas Humphreys
#70. Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything - not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught - all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.
Jim Morrison
#71. Magic is a matter of focusing the disciplined will. But sometimes the will must be abandoned. The secret lies in knowing when to exercise control, and when to let go.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
#72. I mean to make you mine, mo chridhe. Touch all of you. Taste all of you. Learn you from the inside out. Once I've held you like that, I'm not going to let go. Ever.
Tessa Dare
#73. I knew I was lying to myself by thinking I could fix her. But, it was too late. I didn't know how to let go.
Tarryn Fisher
#74. It's challenging as an actor to let go but I had some pleasure out of it too. To not have the effort of having to present myself is quite liberating.
Juliette Binoche
#75. You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.
Robert Downey Jr.
#76. If only we would learn every day of our lives to overcome those things in our character which are negative, to let go and let God take them over, we would all know what it was to experience harmonious living.
Albert E Cliffe
#77. Some people have to leave your life because their very presence prevents, perverts & distorts your purpose. Don't be afraid to let go.
Renita Bryant
#78. 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
#79. In order to grow, you must learn to let go and strive toward something greater.
Darren Johnson
#82. At the beginning of my TV and movie stuff, I would be really critical of myself, but I've gotten better and better. There's always little things that I think, "Oh, that could have been whatever," but most of the time I'm able to let go and watch like an audience member.
Mireille Enos
#83. What would Grandfather think of this jump I'm taking? Would this be one time he would tell me to hang on to the edge with all my might? Would he say to cling to the side of the board until my fingers became bloody and scraped? Or would he say that it was all right to let go?
Ally Condie
#84. Sometimes when you try too hard," Aqamdax explained, "things get tangled, and the only way to untangle them is to let go.
Sue Harrison
#85. 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.
Ann Landers
#86. More and more I am learning to let go of urgency and to let my soul sink deeply and refreshingly into contemplation of the joy of the Spirit.
Helen Greaves
#87. Aimee, what if, she asked, you decided to let go? And I wondered if she'd been listening to me at all. Because all I do is let go.
Autumn Doughton
#89. 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
#90. There is that moment in time where you have to realize you have to let go of the rope...
K. Farrell St. Germain
#91. Jealousy isn't something we deal with well, but some of us have been around long enough to know when to let go, and what is most important. The happiness of my two best friends should be more important than some ancient feud. - Puck
Julie Kagawa
#92. I want you to let go of all of your insecurities. I want you to reject anyone of anything that ever made you feel like you don't belong.
Lady Gaga
#93. Learning to let go, to put the team's will first, is an empowering experience that leads to the most wonderful of all experiences: being a member of a high-performing, gungho, high-five team. Remember, leadership is not all about you.
Kenneth H. Blanchard
#94. At every point in the human journey we find that we have to let go in order to move forward; and letting go means dying a little. In the process we are being created anew, awakened afresh to the source of our being.
Kathleen R Fischer
#95. Listen. This will probably be the worst pain you have ever experienced in your life. Everything in your body will tell you to let go, but you have to hold on. You have to hold on, Maddy, no matter what. No matter how badly it hurts. You can never, never let go. Can you do that for me?
Scott Speer
#96. The most basic method one can use to let go of the past is by looking at it as a learning experience.
Stephen Richards
#97. Trying to look cool and lovely in comedy is a recipe for disaster. You have to let go.
Lucy Punch
#98. Walk so that your footprints bear only the marks of peaceful joy and complete freedom. To do this you have to learn to let go. Let go of your sorrows, let go of your worries. That is the secret of walking meditation.
Nhat Hanh
#99. We have to be ready for the blessings God tosses at us. In order to catch your blessing, you have to let go of your burden.
Raylene Roybal
#100. I didn't want this dance to end, or Kiggs to let go of my hand. I didn't want him to turn his eyes away, or live any other moment than this one.
Rachel Hartman
