100 Letting Go Quotes to Inspire Positive Change in Life and Relationships
Letting go can be one of the hardest things to do in life.
Whether it’s moving on from a relationship, an old grudge, or past mistakes, the act of letting go allows us to step into a future unburdened by the past.
These 80 quotes aim to inspire and guide you through the process of releasing what no longer serves you, so you can embrace positive changes in your life and relationships.
Short Letting Go Quotes for Instagram
1# “Let go, and let life.” – Unknown
2# “Release to find peace.” – Unknown
3# “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
4# “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” — Hermann Hesse
5# “Goodbye is the purest hello.”
6# “Detach and breathe.”
7# “Surrender to what is.” – Unknown
8# “Freedom comes from letting go.” – Unknown
9# “Less baggage, more comfort.” – Unknown
10# “Unhook yourself from that anchor.” – Unknown
11# “Letting go of the past gives us a restart.” – Bert McCoy
12# “The art of letting go is art in its purest form.” – Meredith Pence
13# “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Henry Havelock Ellis
14# “Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.” – Melissa Marr
15# “Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.” – Bryant H. McGill
16# “Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” – Nhat Hanh
17# “When you are unhappy, discover what you are clinging to and let it go.” ― Jan Chozen Bays
18# “Shed the past, forget the future and fall into the moment feet first.” – Unknown
19# “Release what was. Accept what is. Create what must be.” – Unknown
20# “Let go of who you think you need to be and just be who you actually are.” – Unknown
Inspiring Letting Go Quotes
21# “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
22# “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
23# “You can only lose what you cling to.” – Buddha
24# “Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.” – Ralph Marston
25# “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back.” – Joel Osteen
26# “There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” – Jessica Hatchigan
27# “Letting go does not mean you stop caring. It means you stop trying to force others to.” – Mandy Hale
28# “Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity, and a willingness to embrace paradox.” – Tony Schwartz
29# “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
30# “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
31# “In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” — Deepra
32# “It is by giving the freedom to the other, that is by letting go, we gain our own freedom back.” ― Aleksandra Ninkovic
33# “Letting go brings a feeling of lightness and freedom, like taking a heavy rock off your shoulders.” ― Remez Sasson
34# “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” — Daphne Rose Kingma
35# “Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” ― Roy T. Bennett
36# “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
37# “Release the past, embrace the present, and trust the future.” – Unknown
38# “Let go of the illusion that it could have been any different.” – Unknown
39# “The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” – Steve Maraboli
40# “Letting go isn’t about having the courage to release the past; it’s about having the wisdom to embrace the present.” – Unknown
Letting Go of Someone You Love Quotes
41# “You’ve got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her, and if you don’t want to keep her, you let her go anyhow. It’s always a process of letting go, one way or the other.” ― Charles Bukowski
42# “Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.” – Kate Winslet
43# “To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be.” – Jack Kornfield
44# “Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli
45# “If you didn’t love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go.” ― Sarah Dessen
46# “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” ― Paulo Coelho
47# “In the end, I’d loved him enough to let go. From afar, I would love him forever.” ― Cynthia Leitich Smith
48# “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” ― Roy T. Bennett
49# “It is by giving the freedom to the other, that is by letting go, we gain our own freedom back.” – Aleksandra Ninkovic
50# “When you let go, you create space for better things to enter your life.” – Unknown
51# “If you love something, let it go. If it returns, it’s yours; if it doesn’t, it wasn’t.”
52# “You cannot allow your heart to be pinned to the shirtsleeve of a man you are no longer in a relationship with. You cannot allow yourself to hold onto what needs to be let go of.” ― Maris”a Donnelly
53# “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all.” – Stephen King
54# “Sometimes letting go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle
55# “Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we’ll ever do.” – Unknown
56# “Accept the fact that you will grow apart from people you’ve had significant relationships with. Understand when someone no longer positively affects your life. Let them go. Don’t hinder your growth.” – Unknown
57# “Release the fear of not being good enough, and you will float higher than you’ve ever imagined.” – Unknown
58# “The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” – Albert Ellis
59# “Letting go means coming to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
60# “True love doesn’t have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.” – Unknown
Letting Go of a Relationship Quotes
61# “Letting go means to realize that the relationship is over even if you’re still standing.” – Unknown
62# “You don’t let go of a bad relationship because you stop caring about them. You let go because you start caring about yourself.” – Charles Orlando
63# “Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life.” – Lynn Zavaro
64# “The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.” – Faraaz Kazi
65# “Letting go of a life partner is not just physical separation. It’s the abrupt cessation of sharing dreams, hopes, and fears.” – Unknown
66# “It’s not the goodbye that hurts, but the flashbacks that follow.” – Unknown
67# “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou
68# “It’s amazing how someone can break your heart, and you can still love them with all the little pieces.” – Ella Harper
69# “What hurts more, the pain of letting go or the pain of holding on?”
70# “Sometimes, we have to let go of what’s killing us, even if it’s killing us to let go.” – Unknown
71# “A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just His way of letting you realize He saved you from the wrong one.” – Unknown
72# “The pain of letting go will be less than the pain of holding on to an unfulfilled promise.” – Unknown
73# “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
74# “Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.” – Unknown
75# “Sometimes you have to walk away from what you want to find what you deserve.”
76# “It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.” – Angelina Jolie
77# “There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.” – Bryant H. McGill
78# “The act of letting go is much more like accepting an apology you never got.” – Robert Brault
79# “The bridge of letting go is built through acceptance.”
80# “Moving on is not about never looking back. It’s about taking a glance at yesterday and noticing how much you’ve grown since then.”
Letting go of Anger Quotes
81# “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” – Buddha
82# “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” – Mark Twain
83# “When anger rises, think of the consequences.” – Confucius
84# “Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” – Aristotle
85# “To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.” – Alexander Pope
86# “Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.” – Albert Einstein
87# “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
88# “Anger is a short madness.” – Horace
89# “The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.” – Mehmet Oz
90# “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” – Mahatma Gandhi
91# “It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive, and you have the power to choose either.” – Wayne Dyer
92# “Get mad, then get over it.” – Colin Powell
93# “Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.” – Thomas à Kempis
94# “I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” – Booker T. Washington
95# “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” – Maya Angelou
96# “When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.” – Dylan Thomas
97# “When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.” – Epictetus
98# “Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.” – Alfred A. Montapert
99# “A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.” – Francis Bacon
100# “Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” – Phyllis Diller
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