81 Leaving Quotes for Life’s Goodbyes

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Goodbyes aren’t always easy, but they often lead to new beginnings.

Whether you’re saying farewell to a place, a person, or a chapter in your life, the right words can make the moment meaningful.

Here are the best-leaving quotes to capture the emotions of moving on and embracing what’s next.

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Our Favorite Quotes About Leaving

“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.” Nicholas Sparks

“If you are brave enough to say goodbye life will reward you with a new hello.” Paulo Coelho

“Leave something for someone but don’t leave someone for something.” Enid Blyton

“Everybody has to leave, everybody has to leave their home and come back so they can love it again for all new reasons.” Donald Miller

“And the danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, that I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.” Sylvia Plath

“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” — Anatole France

“The return makes one love the farewell.” — Alfred de Musset

“Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” — Ritu Ghatourey

“If you never stop when you wave goodbye, you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again.” — John Mayer

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — A.A. Milne

“It’s sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye.” — Carrie Underwood

“Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.” — Dr. Seuss

“Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.” — William Shakespeare

“Goodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” — Disney

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Semisonic

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” — Charles Dickens

“As long as we loved until our last goodbye, then our love had been whole and true.” — Unknown

“Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” — Trey Parker

“This isn’t the end; it’s just a new beginning.” — Unknown

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we will take a little of each other everywhere.” — Tim McGraw

“A farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again after moments or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends.” Richard Bach

“Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.” Rachel Cusk

“Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.” Robert Neelly Bellah

“However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.” Robert Neelly Bellah

“You never really leave a place or person you love, part of them you take with you, leaving a part of yourself behind.” Unknown

“I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.” Frida Kahlo

“People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty – even when it limits them.” Robin S. Sharma

“The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I must embark.” Kahlil Gibran

“A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.” Kathie Lee Gifford

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way again.” Azar Nafisi

“Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.” Jean Paul Richter

“Gone – flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day Gone, and a cloud in my heart.” Alfred Tennyson

“Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.” Tryon Edwards

“Adieu I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.” William Shakespeare

“Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?” Erin Morgenstern

“Has this world been so kind should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” C. S. Lewis

“Parting is such sweet sorrow.” William Shakespeare

“Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” Peter Pan

“There ain’t no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.” Kate DiCamillo

“I make it easier for people to leave by making them hate me a little.” Cecelia Ahern

“Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes / I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again.” Billy Joel

“This is the time to remember/’Cause it will not last forever/ These are the days to hold on to / ‘Cause we won’t although we’ll want to” Billy Joel

“The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye / The story of love is hello, goodbye.” Jimi Hendrix

“Even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I am forever changed because of who you are and what you mean to me.” Chasing Amy

“False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.” Christian Nestell Bovee

“I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.” Willie Nelson

“Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Some trails are happy ones, Others are blue. It’s the way you ride the trail that counts, Here’s a happy one for you.” Dale Evans

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss

“Life we’ve been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; ‘Tis hard to part when friends are dear, Perhaps ’twill cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning; Choose thine own time; Say not ‘Good-night’; but in some bright” Aikin Barbauld

“You and I will meet again / When we’re least expecting it / One day in some far off place / I will recognize your face / I won’t say goodbye my friend / For you and I will meet again” Tom Petty

“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” George Eliot

“Sometimes, people choose to leave not because of selfish reasons. But they just know that things will get worse if they stay.” Unknown

“Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.” Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

“Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.” Jean Paul Richter

“Farewell God knows when we shall meet again.” William Shakespeare

“The return makes one love the farewell.” Alfred De Musset

“Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must not happen again.” Elizabeth Bowen

“Sweet is the memory of distant friends Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” Washington Irving

“That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell!” Robert Pollok

“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Winston Churchill

“You’re the reason I’m leaving / And by leaving, we don’t stop living you know.” Robert Hardy

“Leaving is an act that cannot be undone.” Nayomi Munaweera

“Leaving some things undone is a necessary tradeoff for extraordinary results.” Gary Keller

“Leaving can sometimes be the best way to never go away.” Cathy Davidson

“Sometimes leaving is the only way to be there for someone.” Wesley Eisold

“In leaving negativity behind, you find something beautiful.” Tom DeLonge

“Sometimes leaving is the only way to appreciate what we have.” J.A. London

“Leaving the world behind is the best experience most feeble minds fear to try.” Michael Bassey Johnson

“However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.” Dorothy E. Denning

“Leaving this life is just like going from one room to another and closing the door.” David Berg

“Leaving people to jumped conclusions is sometimes simpler than explaining a complicated truth.” Gayle Forman

“Leaving others alone is a sign of cowardice, whether you are involved in a war or in a relationship.” Pratik Akkawar

“Walk away in emptiness, walk away in sorrow / Walk away from yesterday, walk away tomorrow.” Sting

“And every time you go away / You take a piece of me with you.” Daryl Hall

“The pain of leaving those you grow to love is only the prelude to understanding yourself and others.” Shirley MacLaine

“The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you’re doing it.” Wendy Mass

“Leaving would imply suitcases and empty drawers, and late birthday cards with ten-dollar bills stuffed inside.” Julie Kagawa

“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.” Elizabeth Gilbert

“Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next.” Yasmin Mogahed

“If you go away on this summer’s day / Then you might as well take the sun away.” Rod McKuen

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