Psychology Fact/Quotes

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1. "Sometimes we have to fight for what we love and care about, but sometimes we have to find the strength to let it go." — Unknown

2. "The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future." — Alyson Noel

3. "There is a time for departure, even when there's no certain place to go." — Tennessee Williams

4. "Leave the past behind. It's time to move on to bigger and better things." — Unknown

5. "The difference between giving up and knowing when it's time to stop trying is when you begin to lose yourself, maybe it's time to let go and realize that. Life goes on." — Unknown

6. "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." — Martin Luther King Jr

7. "It's hard to wait around for something you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up when you think it's everything you want." — Unknown

8. "You think you can change a guy, that he'll be different with you, that you'll finally be the one to tame him... and before you know it, you're alone in your underwear at nine o'clock on a Saturday night, crying to Adele songs, eating ice cream straight from the gallon, and wondering what the hell is the matter with you that you fell for such a goddamned man-child after he explicitly warned you not to." — Julie Johnson

9. "Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go." — Herman Hesse

10. "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." — Havelock Ellis

11. "Maybe it's time to leave it all behind." — Unknown

12. "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

13. "Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?" — Douglas Adams

14. "She understands now what she, in all her worry, had forgotten. That even as she hesitates and wavers, even as she thinks too much and moves too cautiously, she doesn't always have to get it right. It's okay to look back, even as you move forward." — Jennifer E. Smith

15. "You really don't have to burn any bridges to let go... You don't have to destroy anything. You can just decide to cross over and move on." — Marta Mrotek

16. "When you live in the past more than the present, maybe it's time to give up." — Unknown

17. "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

18. "There's a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over – and let it go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving up rather than out." — Ellen Goodman

19. "You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up, but you don't give up." — Chuck Yeager

20. "I realize there's something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they're experts at letting things go." ― Jeffrey McDaniel