Quotes About Letting go

I stood there silently, staring at the woman. I wanted to point out that it was the suspect who'd fired a pistol and run, but years of experience had taught me to let this go. In fact, from an early age, I'd learned to let most things go—my lack of achievement on the University of Miami football field, my failed love life, and even parts of my family life.

People take things too personally - I don't. If someone says something about me, I let it go. But unfortunately, everyone isn't like that. So I'm trying to be more diplomatic - but people always want a headline from me!

Friendships naturally shift over life. We have different friends for different times in our lives, and sometimes it's not the best idea to hang on to a friendship to try to make it work if it's an unhealthy connection.

Sometimes you just have to let go of the old and trust that something better is going to take its place, even if it's scary to face change and the unknown.

It is well to be off with the old woman before you're on with the new.

6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:1. Stop stressing2. Stop worrying3. Give rest to the problems weighing you down4. Lighten up5. Forgive yourself6. Forgive others

Don't spend your life wondering "what if" and worrying over something you have no control. What's done is done. Looking backwards will cause you to miss out on new blessings ahead. Move on.

Love the ones who understand you and forget the ones that don't.

You cannot wear every expectation. Consider putting aside ones that don't fit.

You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

I am done looking for love where it doesn't exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.

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.

It's easier for me to forget you than for me to try and love you again

I had married, had a child. I was content to stay at home. I had let go of the fantasy of stardom.

When it's time to let go, I don't look back, and I start another project as soon as possible. One thing I remind myself is that I don't want to Photoshop my past.

The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first.

I get angry at myself for staying in relationships way too long.

As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.

There is no point staying on the past.

I always worked pretty steadily. But maybe out of some kind of fear, I put the brakes on letting myself be as successful as I'd like to be. More and more, I've taken the brakes off and let whatever happens happen.

I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.

For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey,This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd,Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day,Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?

By consenting to God's creation, to our basic goodness as human beings, and to the letting go of what we love in this world, we are brought to the final surrender, which is to allow the false self to die and the true self to emerge. The true self might be described as our participation in the divine life manifesting in our uniqueness.

Sleep is the little brother of death; it means letting go of the world.