Change & Transformation: Letting Go Quotes

Explore thoughtful quotes about letting go, embracing the shift from holding on to moving forward. These selections reflect resilience, acceptance, and the freedom that emerges when we release what no longer serves us. Whether you seek comfort after a transition or motivation to start anew, these voices offer gentle perspective and practical wisdom. Reflect on loss and renewal, detach from old narratives, and welcome space for growth, clarity, and peace.

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"The tighter you squeeze, the less you have"

Thomas Merton, Author

Thomas Merton

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were"

Kahlil Gibran, Poet

Kahlil Gibran

"The only certain freedom's in departure"

Robert Frost, Poet

Robert Frost

"Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go"

Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity

Corrie Ten Boom

"Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune"

William James, Philosopher

William James

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door"

Coco Chanel, Designer

Coco Chanel

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be"

Lao Tzu, Author

"I don't like to dwell on the past"

Tina Turner, Musician

Tina Turner

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

James A. Baldwin, Author

James A. Baldwin

"I no longer run barefoot"

Zola Budd, Athlete

"You can't help people that don't want to be helped"

John Armstrong, Soldier

"A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing"

Pearl Bailey, Actress

"Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy"

Swami Sivananda, Philosopher

Swami Sivananda

"I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it"

Serena Williams, Athlete

Serena Williams

"A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it"

Dogen, Leader

"This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change"

Friedrich Schiller, Dramatist

Friedrich Schiller

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all"

Ovid, Poet

Ovid

"No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it"

Charles M. Schulz, Cartoonist

Charles M. Schulz

"I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them"

Antonio Porchia, Poet

Antonio Porchia

"The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken"

Antonio Porchia, Poet

Antonio Porchia

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on"

Henry Ellis, Psychologist

Henry Ellis

"We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire"

George Sand, Novelist

George Sand

"The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either"

Mick Jagger, Musician

Mick Jagger

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form"

Rumi, Poet

"You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else"

Edgar Cayce, Celebrity

"What's done can't be undone"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

Benjamin Disraeli

"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses"

Carl Jung, Psychologist

Carl Jung

"The past cannot be cured"

Elizabeth I, Royalty

Elizabeth I

"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not"

Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher

Henri Frederic Amiel

"Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself"

Swami Sivananda, Philosopher

Swami Sivananda

"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness"

Beth Henley, Playwright

Beth Henley

"If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not"

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Ziggy Marley

"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do"

Sheryl Crow, Musician

Sheryl Crow

"I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can"

Joe Namath, Athlete

Joe Namath

"You can't make people respond"

Arthur Boyd, Artist

"In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued"

Shawn Johnson, Athlete

Shawn Johnson

"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter"

Duke Ellington, Musician

Duke Ellington

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