Quotes About Letting go

More than anything, praying just helps me to concentrate and let go of things that don't matter in that moment. It gives me peace knowing I'm in good hands.

I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control.

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

You get so close to your own music that you can't see the beauty in it. I had to learn to let go. It's good to be less precious.

I think if you let go of preconceived ideas, you'll find everything in this life. For me, my understanding is God is all that is, God is everything, all that is, and your true God is within, and that's the power that you have as a human being.

I am loathe to get married again. I've been married enough; I just prefer to forget it.

There is something about acting that's mysterious and magical because there is only so much I can do to prepare, and then I have to just let go and breathe and believe that it will come through.

When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

Crying over what's gone won't find the present.

For me, it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past.

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn't happen. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot's going to be.

You can spend the rest of your life trying to figure out what other people expect from you, or you can make a decision to let that all go.

Most of my actor friends don't believe it's possible to let go of it and be happy, and for a while that was true for me. For the first two years I ached, every day. And I had such bad dreams. But then I made the decision to start working on my little shop and all that went away.

I wanted to dedicate myself completely to the things that matter to me and let everything else go, and I think that's a really rewarding thing.

Revenge is a caustic thing. I say, Breathe in, breathe deeply, let it go.

If you are afraid of losing something, then you are dependent on it. If you are not afraid, then you are free.

I have a very good, close circle of friends, I keep it positive. Obviously there is the negative stuff, but you've got to let go of it. You can't get bogged down in the details of anything, otherwise you'd drive yourself mad.

I think there is a collective unconsciousness, or some sort of consciousness, that you can tap into if you're open and brave enough to let everything go and be part of that.

I've always been taught that life is a series of chapters, and it's all about moving forward and not carrying around baggage.

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

Whether you want to lose 20 pounds or 200, what the contestants on 'The Biggest Loser' have learned - and taught me - holds true: You've got to make a break. You've got to divorce yourself from the past and find a different way of living. And you can never go back.

Sex is a natural function. You can't make it happen, but you can teach people to let it happen.