There comes a time in our lives when we can't keep holding on to the past. Whether it's a failed relationship or a change in life, learning to let go of the past is something we must do to heal and move on.
Letting go of the past is never easy. These captions and quotes and captions about letting go may be able to inspire you to move on with your life and may even help ease your pain.
Quotes
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"Time doesn't heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go." ― Roy T. Bennett.
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"Let reality be the reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." ― Lao Tzu.
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"Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over." ― Nicole Sobon.
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"I demolish my bridges behind me. After that, there is no choice but to move forward." ― Fridtjof Nansen.
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"Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are." ― Turcois Ominek.
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"One of the best times for figuring out who you are and what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up." ― Mandy Hale.
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"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.
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"Change can be good but it's always tough to let go of the past." ― Emily Giffin.
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"No matter how bad you want a person, if your hearts are in two different places, you'll have to pass and move on." ― Alexandra Elle.
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"I've been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I'm moving on." ― Rascal Flatts.
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"Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." ― Eckhart Tolle.
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"If you want to fly in the sky, you need to leave the Earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go of the past that drags you down." ― Amit Ray.
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"I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become." ― Carl Jung.
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"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.
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"Emotional baggage is like the dead skin of a snake. If you don't shed it, how can you grow emotionally?" ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen.
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"Enjoy what you can and ignore the rest. Let's not waste any energy fighting things that are outside our control." ― Paulo Coelho.
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"The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I began to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so." ― Tammara Webber.
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"Life is full of letting go of moments. You have to let go of your parents, you have to let go of your children and in the end, you have to let yourself go to the unknown world" ― Munia Khan.
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"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 Rebe.
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"You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway." ― Steve Maraboli.
Captions
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One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you cannot change.
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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together.
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You can't move forward if you're still hanging on.
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Thank God I found the "good" in goodbye.
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You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old – whatever "the old" means for you.
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Sometimes people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.
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There's an important difference between giving up and letting go.
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Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.
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Choosing me and my happiness has been the best decision yet.
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Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.
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Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.
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We need not destroy the past. It is gone.
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Sometimes when we lose our way, we find ourselves.
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You can only lose what you cling to.
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When things don't work out, I know that something better is waiting for me.
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There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn't the end of the world, it's the beginning of a new life.
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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.
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You must be strong enough to know that love will come to you when you are ready. You must be strong enough to know when to say goodbye and know that letting go is not weak.
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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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Don't be afraid to start over. It's a brand new opportunity to rebuild what you truly want.
Closing Message
I hope you like this list of letting go quotes and captions. Some of them have really helped me through rough patches of life. Holding on to the past is never the right thing to do, especially when it hurts your soul. Learn to let go and soon, you'll obtain happiness and inner peace.