Moving on can be one of life’s toughest challenges, yet it’s also a journey that opens the door to personal growth and new beginnings.
Whether you’re letting go of a relationship, overcoming a setback, or simply ready for a fresh start, finding the right words can bring comfort and strength.
In this collection of 150 moving-on quotes, you’ll find words of wisdom from poets, authors, and thinkers who have all navigated the complexities of change. These quotes inspire resilience, healing, and the courage to embrace whatever comes next.
They’re perfect for those moments when you need a little reminder that letting go isn’t about giving up—it’s about making room for something better. So, take a deep breath, read on, and let these words guide you toward the next chapter of your life with hope and confidence.
Moving On Quotes
“Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon
“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli
“Letting go doesn’t mean you stop caring; it means you stop trying to force others to.” – Mandy Hale
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.”
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” – Raymond Lindquist
“One of the best times for figuring out who you are and what you really want out of life? Right after a breakup.” – Mandy Hale
“Life is about change. Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful. But most of the time, it’s both.” – Lana Lang
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan
“Holding on is believing that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” – Daphne Rose Kingma
“You don’t need to have everything figured out to move forward.”
“Letting go means coming to the realization that some people are part of your history, but not your destiny.”
“Sometimes, the person you want most is the person you’re best without.”
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca
“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” – Buddha
“Moving on is a gift you give yourself.”
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.”
“Your peace is more important than driving yourself crazy trying to understand why something happened the way it did.”
“Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.”
“It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to cling to it.”
“Letting go isn’t about giving up, it’s about accepting what is, and moving on.”
“Sometimes, you just have to let go and see what happens.”
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
“You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.”
“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
Letting Go Quotes
“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”
“There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.” – Jessica Hatchigan
“Let go of the people who dull your shine, poison your spirit, and bring you drama.” – Dr. Steve Maraboli
“Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.” – Epictetus
“Sometimes we have to let go of what’s killing us, even if it’s killing us to let go.”
“To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be.” – Jack Kornfield
“The only thing harder than holding on is letting go.”
“To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” – Jack Kornfield
“Sometimes people come into your life just to teach you how to let go.”
“Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.” – Lily Tomlin
“Sometimes, you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you’re actually living.”
“Sometimes, holding on does more damage than letting go.”
“You don’t have to control every aspect of your life to find peace.”
“Sometimes the door closes on a relationship, not because we failed, but because something bigger than us says this no longer fits our life.”
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
New Beginnings Quotes
“The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft
“No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” – Buddha
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“And suddenly you just know…it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.”
“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley
“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts.”
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
“No one can ever take your memories from you – each day is a new beginning, make good memories every day.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell
Quotes About Growth and Acceptance
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.”
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed; it means the damage no longer controls our lives.”
“The only thing we can’t let go of is the past, yet that’s the only thing that’s not real.”
“Life moves on, and so should we.” – Spencer Johnson
“Pain will leave you when you let go.”
“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.” – Ralph Marston
“Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.”
“Stop looking at what you’ve lost so you can see what you have.”
“The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.” – Rebecca Solnit
“Your heart will mend, and you will find peace again.”
“You’re not a failure for not being able to hold on. You’re brave for letting go.”
“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.”
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
“It’s amazing how quickly things can turn around when you remove toxic people from your life.”
“Forgiving you doesn’t mean I’m okay with what you did. It just means I’m moving on with my life.”
“Sometimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on an event – looking at it from a different perspective.”
“Just because the past taps you on the shoulder doesn’t mean you have to look back.”
“Whatever comes, let it come. Whatever stays, let it stay. Whatever goes, let it go.”
Quotes for New Beginnings
“Embrace each new beginning with an open heart and a willing spirit.”
“Don’t be afraid of change, because it’s leading you to a new beginning.”
“Every sunrise is a new page of your life waiting to be written.”
“A new beginning is sometimes disguised as a painful ending.”
“Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Your future self will thank you for it.”
“New beginnings are an opportunity to rewrite your story.”
“Today is the start of whatever you want.”
“This is the beginning of anything you want.”
“It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Don’t let the shadows of yesterday spoil the sunshine of tomorrow.”
“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.”
Relationship Letting Go Quotes
“It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts more to hold on.”
“If they don’t respect, appreciate, and value you, then they don’t deserve you.”
“Some people are meant to stay in your heart, but not in your life.”
“You cannot fix someone else; focus on healing yourself.”
“Moving on doesn’t mean you forget about things. It just means you have to accept what happened and continue living.”
“Sometimes, people aren’t meant to stay in your life, they’re just a lesson for you to learn.”
“Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow.” – L. Ron Hubbard
“The right one won’t give you mixed signals.”
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou
“Don’t be afraid to walk away. Letting go frees up space for better things.”
“Some things break your heart but fix your vision.”
Quotes About Resilience and Growth
“The comeback is always stronger than the setback.”
“You have survived so much, and you will survive this too.”
“Sometimes, what didn’t work out for you really worked out for you.”
“You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.”
“You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy
“Scars remind us of where we’ve been; they don’t have to dictate where we’re going.”
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
“To make a big change, start as soon as you’re ready, even if you don’t have it all figured out yet.”
“The road to recovery is paved with courage, hope, and the determination to keep moving forward.”
Empowering Quotes for New Beginnings
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin
“Don’t wait for the right moment. Create it.”
“There’s no shame in starting over. It’s another chance to get it right.”
“A year from now, you’ll be glad you made the change.”
“When you let go of what’s weighing you down, you make room for what lifts you up.”
“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming.”
“Dream big, start small, but most of all, start.”
“Some of us are just meant to be new every morning.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
“Starting something new can be scary, but regret is scarier.”
“Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.”
Quotes for Self-Discovery and Moving Forward
“You can’t change who you are, but you can change what you have in your head.”
“You find yourself by letting go of everything you’re not.”
“The greatest act of self-love is to walk away from anything that’s holding you back.”
“Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.”
“Self-discovery is letting go of who you thought you were supposed to be.”
“You owe yourself the love you so freely give others.”
“Your life isn’t behind you; your memories are. Your life is always ahead of you.”
“Start over, because there’s more to your story yet to be told.”
“Release the need to replay negative experiences. What’s done is done.”
“Your direction is more important than your speed.”
Motivational Quotes for Embracing Change
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You’re not a tree.”
“When you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life rewards you with a new hello.”
“You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
“Fear doesn’t stop death; it stops life.”
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it.”
“Change is not painful, only the resistance to change is.”
“Just because it didn’t last forever doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.”
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Sometimes, it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”
Fresh Start Quotes
“This is a new day, a new beginning.” – Ahsoka Tano
“You can start over each morning.”
“Do not let your past decide your future.”
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Turn the page, and make today the start of a new chapter.”
“You have to be at your strongest when you’re feeling at your weakest.”
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” – Meister Eckhart
“Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad shape you.”
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
Inspirational Letting Go Quotes
“Letting go of control means that you’re releasing the attachment to outcomes.”
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” – Buddha
“Healing means letting go of fear and choosing love instead.”
“Sometimes the greatest act of courage is to simply let go.”
“Let go of your fears and follow your dreams.”
“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” – Steve Maraboli
“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, the world will open doors for you.”
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” – Lewis B. Smedes
“Letting go is hard, but holding on to something that isn’t good for you is harder.”
“You can’t be who you’re meant to be if you’re holding on to who you were.”