The Art of Letting Go Quotes

“In the words of C. Joybell C., we’re all stars that think they’re dying until we realize we’re collapsing into supernovas – to become more beautiful than ever before. It often takes the contrast of pain to completely appreciate what we have, it often takes hate to incite self-recognition. Sometimes the way light enters us is, in fact, through the wound. 5.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“I think part of the reason we hold on to something so tight is because we fear something so great won’t happen twice.
—Anonymous”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Anything that feels forced or harder than it should be or causes you pain and distress is not meant for you.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Those relationships didn’t actually hurt you, they showed you an unhealed part of yourself, a part that was preventing you from being truly loved.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Whatever it is you’re feeling, feel it. Don’t bury it, don’t hide from it, don’t ignore it. Feel the awful, brutal feelings.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“There is power in letting go, a power that brings more peace and serenity than being stuck in situations that make your heart a bit heavier each and every day.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“What is destined will reach you, even if it be underneath two mountains. What is not destined, will not reach you, even if it be between your two lips.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“In feeling helpless, you learn to take care of yourself. In feeling used, you recognize your worth. In being abused, you develop compassion. In feeling like you’re stuck, you realize there is always a choice. In accepting what was done to you, you realize that nobody has control at the end of the day, but in surrendering the need for something we’ll never have, we can find peace, which is what we were actually seeking in the first place.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“we are just programmed to complicate life sometimes”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“The more you fight for something that is not meant for you, the more it will fight you.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“In the strangest, most inexplicable way, we need those lovers that we never fully let go of. Because each one of them represents a whole entire world within ourselves.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“There is power in letting go, a power that brings more peace and serenity than being stuck in situations that make your heart a bit heavier each and every day.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Great things happen to us all the time in different shapes or forms; we just like to focus on the things that are not so great.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“The truth is, when someone doesn’t want you, no reason matters. No amount of fixing could change that and actually, there isn’t anything that needs to be fixed because nothing was wrong or missing in the first place. You have always been wholly you, before or after them, including all the flaws and imperfections that make you unique. So if you ever feel the need to redeem or validate yourself after being rejected, please don’t because no one can take anything away from you by not wanting you and you aren’t born to prove yourself to anyone.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“2. You don’t meet people by accident, and that each person who crosses your path brings life lessons to you that God knew you needed.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“The truth is if you reach a point where letting go is the only option, it usually means that this thing or someone already let you go. You are trying to stay in a place where you are not welcome anymore”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“If an opportunity passed you by, it didn’t really want to stop at your station, if someone let you go, they didn’t really want to stay, if someone else got what you were praying for, this blessing was not written for you to begin with and you will be blessed in another way.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Some endings are not bad; sometimes they are not even endings, just bridges to new beginnings.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.—Vivian Greene”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Go for a walk and make yourself a promise for the duration of your walk. I will allow myself to feel whatever I feel. And listen. With every step, check in with yourself. Are you sad? Are you angry? Do you feel utterly lost? Listen to all of it. Accept all of it. Decide this walk will be the time you finally let yourself off the hook.”
― Thought Catalog, The Art of Letting Go

“Let go of the attachment, keep the lesson.—L.J. Vanier”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“Start with the little things. Then be patient as you begin again, becoming new, becoming yourself.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“But, what I have come to find is that grief isn’t your enemy. Your rejection of grief is. Too many times, we try to hide from our deep emotions and try to make a shield to protect ourselves from them. But too many times, this is the wrong thing to do. We are only hurting ourselves more by continuing to ignore our hurt.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“Life is imperfect. It’s beautiful and complicated and burdensome and messy. And you are a part of it, a part that grows and changes and laughs and loves and gets broken and comes back together. But there will never be a time when you can’t just step back and start all over.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“And sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.—Marilyn Monroe”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“1. The people who were able to hurt you most were also the people who you were able to love the most.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“Mistakes help us find the right person in the long run. Mistakes help you grow, and be better for the next person that you share your heart with.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go

“Here is something to keep in mind about pain: it doesn’t go away just because it goes unacknowledged. The more you avoid it, the more it merges into your psyche and becomes a part of you. These faulty beliefs get wired in and will remain unless you challenge them.”
― Rania Naim, The Art of Letting Go