97 Let Him Go Quotes to Inspire Self-Love and Growth

Me at: 20

Clinging to love

Holding on to memories

Fearing the unknown

Me at 40:

Free from expectations

Open to new beginnings

Grateful for what was, but unafraid to move forward

What shifted?

I learned to LET HIM GO when love wasn’t meant to be.

With this understanding, I’ve gathered 75 quotes that inspire the courage to let him go and embrace the journey ahead.

I hope these words resonate with you as deeply as they have with me.

Remember:

Letting him go doesn’t signify weakness.

It symbolizes strength and self-discovery.

You’ll find wisdom from voices like Rumi, Maya Angelou, and more.

Dive in and find the inspiration you need to take that next step!

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Quotes About Letting Go

1# “Anything you can’t control is teaching you how to let go.” – Jackson Kiddard

2# “You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go.” – Drew Gerald

3# “The art is not one of forgetting but letting go.” – Rebecca Solnit

4# “Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle

5# “Unless you let go—forgive yourself, forgive the situation, realize the past is over—you cannot move forward.” – Steve Maraboli

6# “Letting go is never easy, but sometimes it’s necessary to move forward.”

7# “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli

8# “The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” – Steve Maraboli

9# “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Anonymous

10# “To let go is to the universe has your back.” – Anonymous

11# “Sometimes, you have to let go of the life you planned to find the life that’s waiting for you.” – Joseph Campbell

12# “Letting go is the hardest as you hold on to what matters most.” – Anonymous

13# “When you let go, you create space for something better.” – Anonymous

14# “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go, but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon

15# “Letting go is not a one-time thing; it’s something you have to do every day, over and over again.” – Anonymous

16# “Free your mind, and let go of the thoughts that bind you.” – Anonymous

17# “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts

18# “You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.” – Louise Smith

19# “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma

20# “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu

21# “Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” – Deborah Reber

22# “Sometimes the best way to get someone’s attention is to stop giving them yours.” – Ritu Ghatourey

23# One’s doing well if age improves even slightly one’s capacity to hold on to that vital truism: “This too shall pass”. Alain de Botton

24# “To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.” – Jack Kornfield

25# “Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.” – Jack Kornfield

26# “You can’t be happy if you’re not peaceful. You can’t be peaceful if you don’t let go.” – Maxime Lagacé

27# “Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricotti

28# “Letting go is not weak. It’s being wise, courageous, and strong.” – Maxime Lagacé

29# “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” – Steve Maraboli

30# “Observe things as they are and don’t pay attention to other people.” – Huang Po

31# “When we give too many fcks, when we choose to give a fck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times – that’s when life f*cks us.” – Mark Manson

32# “Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu

33# “Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.” – Lao Tzu

34# “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. They prefer suffering that is familiar to the unknown.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

35# “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau

36# “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

Short Let Him Go Quotes for Instagram

1# “Letting go opens up space for new beginnings.”

2# “Sometimes, love means setting them free.”

3# “Your heart deserves the freedom to soar.”

4# “Let him go not because you don’t love him but because you deserve to be loved back.”

5# “Let him go not because you didn’t try but because you deserve someone who tries harder.”

6# “Let him go not because you weren’t enough but because he should have never made you feel that way.”

7# “Let him go not because you don’t like talking to him but because you deserve someone who starts the conversation.”

8# “Let him go not because you want to but because sometimes the people you want most are the ones you are best without.”

9# “Closure is a gift you give yourself.”

10# “Let go of what was; embrace what can be.”

11# “Strength is found in letting go.”

12# “Free yourself from what no longer serves you.”

13# “Letting go is a form of self-love.”

14# “Sometimes, the best love is the one you release.”

15# “Hold on to memories, but let go of the weight.”

16# “Release the past; welcome the future.”

17# “Letting go is not forgetting; it’s healing.”

18# “Life’s too short to cling to what hurts.”

19# “Embrace change; it’s the only constant.”

20# “Let go and trust the journey ahead.”

21# “Growth begins when you let go.”

22# “Sometimes, love means walking away.”

23# “Letting go is a brave act of love.”

24# “Free your heart; it knows the way.”

25# “In letting go, you find your true self.”

26# “Dare to live by letting go.” – Tom Althouse

27# “Letting go is not giving up.” – Mingyur Rinpoche

28# “Let it all go, see what stays.” – Osho

29# “Learning to live is learning to let go.” – Sogyal Rinpoche

30# “Learning to let go is learning to accept.” – Maxime Lagacé

31# “You have got to let go and let it happen.” – Alan Watts

32# “Don’t try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go.” – Osho

33# “Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.” – Zhuangzi

34# “If you let go of your story, you can live your life.” – Neil Strauss

35# “Have a to everything, and attached to nothing.” – Tilopa

Quotes About Healing After Letting Go

1# “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis

2# “In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” – Deepak Chopra

3# “We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

4# “Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain.” – Mary Manin Morrissey

5# “Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” – Alan Watts

6# “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

7# “Letting go isn’t about having the courage to release the past; it’s about having the wisdom to embrace the present.” – Steve Maraboli

8# “When you accept change, let go, and free yourself from fear of the unknown, you will begin to see your life as an exciting adventure.” – Joe Keane

9# “Sometimes you just have to make peace with your past to keep your future from becoming a constant battle.” – Susan Gale

10# “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse

11# “Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we will ever do. But to not have loved, to not have felt the immense joy it brings, would have been a far worse kind of death.” – Goldie Hawn

12# “Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.” – Spencer Johnson

13# “We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.” – Angeles Arrien

14# “But the attitude of faith is to let go and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.” – Alan Watts

15# “To let go is not to deny but to accept. To let go is to fear less and love more.” – T. Rogers

16# “Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is. Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.” – Yoda

17# “The only real difference between anxiety and excitement was my willingness to let go of fear.” – Barbara Brown Taylor

18# “You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.” – Unknown

Inspirational Quotes About Moving On

1# “Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.”

2# “It’s time to let go of the past and move on to the future.”

3# “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

4# “Moving on is not about forgetting; it’s about learning and growing from the experience.”

5# “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.”

6# “The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.”

7# “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli

8# “Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith first. The trust part comes later.”

9# “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma

10# “You are not your mistakes. They are what you did, not who you are.”

Quotes on Self-Love and Growth

1# “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” — Carl Gustav Jung

2# “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” — Yogi Bhajan

3# “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” — Mary Dunbar

4# “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

5# “Everything worth having costs something, and the price of true love is self-knowledge.” — Multiple Sources

6# “Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address your needs.” — Daphne Rose Kingma

7# “My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.” — Shakti Gawain

8# “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” — Unknown