Quotes About Letting go

At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.

There's a Buddhist saying that when your house is done your life is over.

Parenting is a long lesson in letting go.

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. —Alan Watts

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't, they never were. —Richard Bach

Trust what feels right to you, let go of the rest.

I'm so sorry because it's still not easy. You have a long, hard, terrible road ahead. There are lots of ways to travel it, but they all suck and they all involve letting go.

Like a Chinese finger puzzle made of woven straw, finding relief requires us to relax rather than pull in order to gain release.

As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don't have to give a rat's ass about.

We want to forget until we start to forget. from the poem Regret

A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.

The special gift of that suffering, I have learned, is how to be strong while we are weak, how to be brave when we are afraid, how to be wise in the midst of confusion, and how to let go of that which we can no longer hold. In this way, anger can teach forgiveness, hate can teach us love, and war can teach us peace.

My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.

I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control...

Don't be afraid to let it go. Releasing hate does not make you forget what you want always to remember. It does not mean reconciliation.

By remembering that what you cannot undo, you must accept. And in accepting…you will find the grace to forgive yourself.

I don't do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It's too late for regrets. You've already done it, haven't you? You've lived your life. No point wishing you could change it.

Secrets are the stones That sink the boat Take them out, look at them Throw them out and float

Yes is the answer and you know that for sure. Yes is surrender, you got to let it, you got to let it go...

You don't remember the times your dad held your handle bars. You remember the day he let go.

Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.

After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward.

When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.

Ah, se se pudesse arrancar o passado com as suas raízes! É impossível, infelizmente, mas pelo menos pode-se fingir esquecer