Quotes about Letting go
My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
- Forrest Gump
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
- Joseph Campbell
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
- Bishop TD Jakes
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
- Nelson Mandela
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
- William Paul Young
Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.
- DL Moody
Forgiveness is a gift to myself. I forgive, and I set myself free.
- Louise Hay
Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.
- Harold S. Kushner
To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.
- St. Augustine
I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.
- Catherine Marshall
I wrap the potential for bitterness, resentment, martyrdom in the blanket of forgiveness and just set it down. Then it just melts in the warmth. And goes away.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
- Louise Hay