Quotessence
Home / Topics / Letting Go Quotes

Letting Go Quotes

Browse 3465 quotes about Letting Go.

Related topics

IfsPeopleThinkingWayKnowsWantNeedsTryingPastGivingMomentsMeanMindWorldMovingHandsHeartFeelsSometimesLifeHardHappensInspirationalShouldIdeasLooksLetting Go And Moving OnDoePersonsSelfStillsMayBelieveMenSaidJust Let GoLife IsMatterFirstsPainRememberForgivingKindLongSpiritualEndsLittlesAbleFallImportantLosesWritingI CanProcessAcceptingMeditationNever Let GoRealizingCan't Let GoDoneHurtFeelingsHolding OnMoving ForwardBodyRealSufferingGiving UpHas BeensLeftWholeWillingWellsEnoughHelpingMadeMoving OnOrderSurrenderYearsEgoArtDon't Let GoDreamEnergyHumansStoriesTodayForgetLet It GoRealityReasonStatesExpectationsUniverseAttachmentForgivenessLoveMightOur Livesmore

Letting Go Quotes

“The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!”

IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsYearsBelieveChildrenPlayRunningFallFearLosesEnemyCreativityMillionsLaughingRiskLetting GoCapableDrawsGainsNineGet UpBehaveWillingnessFearfulFreezePlaygroundsNine YearsGood BusinessChildren Playing
Author:Faith Ringgold
Create image

“Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.”

TryingBigsSpiritLosesLossMistakeToo MuchHumilityPerspectiveNeededLetting GoPerfectionAdversityProfitFocusedKeep TryingBig PictureNecessary Change
Author:John C. Maxwell
Create image

“You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight with the wheel and jam on the brakes, which is the quickest way to get killed. What you have to do is let go, and the car will right itself. It's the same when an orchestra loses its ensemble. You have to resist the temptation to semaphore, and let the orchestra find its own way back to the pulse.”

IfsKnowsWayFightingLosesNaturalCarLetting GoWinterDrivingReactionsTemptationWheelsOrchestraIntuitivePulseJamConductingEnsembleBrakeFinland
Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
Create image

“First you look for discipline and control. You want to exercise your will, bend the language your way, bend the world your way. You want to control the flow of impulses, images, words, faces, ideas. But there's a higher place, a secret aspiration. You want to let go. You want to lose yourself in language, become a carrier or messenger.”

WorldWayWantFirstsLooksIdeasFacesLanguageLosesSecretHigherDisciplineExerciseLetting GoFlowImpulseAspirationMessengersLosing YourselfCarrier
Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo
Create image

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”

LifeInspirationalMotivationalWinningLosesAttitudePositivePositive ThinkingAdventureTomorrowPoliticianFutureLetting GoBasketballOptimismPositivityYesterdayMoving ForwardOptimisticUpliftingPositive AttitudePessimismPositive LifeKeep MovingLet It GoKeep Moving ForwardThink PositiveWin Or LoseLetting Go And Moving OnMoving Forward In LifePositive Thinking SuccessMoving On In LifePositive VibesPositive OptimisticPositive Thinking In LifeMoving UpLife Moves OnInspirational Moving ForwardTomorrow Is A New DayPositive Uplifting
Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964
Create image

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.”

MenTryingKindLongDoeStillsSeemsPainRememberOrderWaitingNatureLosesAnimalTreeFeetKeysLetting GoDespairSurvivalBusyCaughtIntenseTrapsPsychicsLet It GoToo BusyKeep Busy
Book:The Journals of May Sarton Volume One: Journal of a Solitude, Plant Dreaming Deep, and Recovering
Create image

“If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes.”

IfsWantGivingMeanSoulSelfUsedGivenGrowthChristLosesOffersLetting GoMaturityReachingTrue SelfGiverUnwillingPassion And Purity
Author:Elisabeth Elliot
Create image

“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

LifeSometimesHardChoicesFightingRealizingLosesRoomsAcceptanceQuietLetting GoOkayGood FightQuiet Room
Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
Create image

“I had to sit with my senses. This clear, beautiful intuition took over. I knew exactly how I felt, and I wasn't confused or clouded or compromised. I realized that none of my feelings had diminished, but I might have to lose someone I truly loved. I didn't want to run away from Claire, but I knew drug addiction was strong enough that I had to be willing, if need be, to let go of the person I'd just fallen in love with.”

IfsWantNeedsPersonsEnoughFeelingsMightRunningBeautifulStrongFeltLosesClearWillingDrugLetting GoAddictionIntuitionI RealizedSensesFallenConfusedRunning AwayStrong EnoughDrug AddictionClaireClouded
Author:Anthony Kiedis
Create image

“And at the place where time stands still, one sees lovers kissing in the shadows of buildings, in a frozen embrace that will never let go. The loved one will never take his arms from where they are now, will never give back the bracelet of memories, will never journey afar from his lover, will never place himself in danger of self-sacrifice, will never fail to show his love, will never become jealous, will never fall in love with someone else, will never lose the passion of this instant of time.”

GivingStillsSelfShowsFallPassionLosesMemoriesFailingSacrificeJourneyDangerBuildingArmsLoversLetting GoKissingShadowEmbraceFalling In LoveInstantJealousLoved OnesFrozenHis LoveGiving BackSelf SacrificeAfarBraceletNever Let GoNever Fall In Love
Book:Einstein's Dreams
Create image

“If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of - if we want to find our true selves, if we want real Life, if our hearts are set on glory.”

IfsWantHeartI CanRealSelfCan DoLosesMinesTruth IsOffersLetting GoGloryReal LifeTrue Self
Book:Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control
Create image

“I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable. I know what it means to lose everything, to let go of one life and find another. And now I feel, with a strange, deep certainty, that it must be my lot in life to be taught that lesson over and over again.”

KnowsLifeFeelsMeanLongChangeLosesLossLearningTaughtStrangeLessonsLetting GoCertaintyInevitableNovelistsLife ChangingLife LessonI Have LearnedLong AgoChanging Your LifeMaking ChangesPositive Change
Author:Christina Baker Kline
Create image

“And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.”

KnowsWayGamesWinningFunCausesLosesEmotionConditionsLetting GoLosingCoachesOutcomesLoserCounterproductiveObsessing
Book:Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Create image

“Whenever you feel a negative emotion be alone in a room and just sit down with it and feel. Don't judge it, criticize it, intellectualize it, explain it away. Allow yourself to feel the pain. It's okay. Accompany it - breathe into it - and after a while, you'll feel the anger or fear or sadness lose it's urgency and power. Allow God to tenderly embrace you in your pain. And then, at the right time, you can let go.”

FeelsPainLosesRoomsEmotionSadnessJudgingLetting GoNegativeOkayEmbraceBreatheCriticizeRight TimeUrgencyAccompanyNegative Emotions
Author:Bo Sanchez
Create image

“What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But whoever lets go of attachments to this worldly life and this earthly body and identifies with the permanence or God-consciousness that Jesus represented, will never die.”

LifeInspirationalBodyDiesJesusLosesConsciousnessInspirational LifeLetting GoAttachmentWorldlyPermanenceWorldly Life
Book:Sacred Journey: Living Purposefully and Dying Gracefully
Create image

“Let what you give come through you rather than from you. There is no lack this way. Be truly unconditional in what you give so that there can be no fear or loss. ... If you experience conflict, lack, or struggle today, let go of expectations, demands, and aiming to get something. Give yourself unconditionally . The Unconditioned Self is never diminished, and you cannot lose.”

IfsWayGivingSelfTodayLosesLossStruggleDemandConflictLetting GoExpectationsNo FearUnconditional
Author:Robert Holden
Create image

“People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even see the good in a bad person-they're going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough.”

PeopleIfsLoveNeedsLooksPersonsFeelingsProblemEnergyLosesStrengthLetting GoLosingToughConcernAngerInner StrengthRighteousnessWrath
Author:Robert Thurman
Create image

“I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep.... Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.”

ThinkingLongSeemsPainRememberOrderFallLosesSleepGriefTreeLetting GoRootsSeasonsRichesPsychicsRenewalLet It Go
Author:May Sarton
Create image

“Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that 'I' cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it.”

KnowsMenFirstsMeanWholePastLosesSecretCreativeLetting GoFirst TimeBreathsFixedAbandonedAvoidedSecret Life
Book:The Wisdom of Insecurity
Create image