Introspection about what’s behind us in life is absolutely essential. Studying and understanding our past helps us realize what might have gone wrong and gives us the opportunity to improve.
Then again, the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said that ‘life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards’, which means that, after we have decoded past events, there comes a time to move on. These famous quotes about moving on express the need to let go of the past, live in our present and look forwards.
Table of Contents
- Short ‘Moving On’ Quotes
- Quotes About Moving On In Life
- Moving On Quotes Relationships
- Inspirational Quotes About Moving On
- Quotes About Moving On From Friends
- Time To Move On
- Move On Quotes For Her
- Forgive And Move On Quotes
- Quotes About Moving On From The Past
- Beautiful Long Quote About Moving On by Anaïs Nin
- Moving On Quotes On Images
Short ‘Moving On’ Quotes
- I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
- We are all failures- at least the best of us are.
- Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
- If you’re going through hell, keep going.
- Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
- Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.
- Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
- Change has to come for life to struggle forward.
- Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Unknown
- You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
- The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change.
- It’s never too late to be who you might have been. George Eliot
- There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.
- Not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city.
- Not all those who wander are lost.
- Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
- Do one thing every day that scares you.
- Life moves on and so should we.
- But part of surviving is being able to move on.
- Life is tough, but so are you. Carmi Grau
- Fear tricks us into living a boring life. Donald Miller
- Oh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!
- Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Dr. Seuss
- The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Jonathan L. Huie
- Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau
- If I look back I am lost. George R.R. Martin
- When nothing goes right, go left. Unknown
- Forever is composed of nows. Emily Dickinson
- Life is about making the right decisions and moving on. Josh Rayburn
- Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, it means moving on.
- There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
- If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
Quotes About Moving On In Life
- One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you cannot change. Unknown
- Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.
- How puzzling all these changes are! I’m never sure what I’m going to be, from one minute to another. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Maya Angelou
- The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
- I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
- It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
- Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
- Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
- It is in changing that we find purpose.
- All good things are wild and free.
- You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Christopher Columbus
- The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.
- Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.
- I have found that when you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein
- All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
- You can only lose what you cling to. Buddha
- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller
- The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
- Change has to come for life to struggle forward. Helen Hollick
- Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
- Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. Conrad Hilton
- And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
- For what it’s worth it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald
- In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
- If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.
- Depression is a reality with everyone. What’s important is the ability to move on.
Moving On Quotes Relationships
- In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.
- A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath.
- Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.
- You’re imperfect and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. Brené Brown
- We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
- To say goodbye is to die a little.
- Travel brings power and love back into your life.
- Making a big life change can be scary but living with regret is always scarier.
- The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did. Faraaz Kazi
- Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. Mandy Hale
- The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. J.P. Morgan
- Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. Rumi
- 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
- My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It’s happened before, it will happen again, I’m sure. When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive – I’ll find love again. Paulo Coelho
Inspirational Quotes About Moving On
- We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
- The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.
- It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
- Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
- Keep planting and sowing, living and knowing: beautiful things take time, and that is okay. Morgan Harper Nichols
- It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.
- 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.
- Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
- There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.
- When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
- It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
- No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
- Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
- The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.
- Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
- We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
- Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.
- Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That’s the only way to move things forward.
- Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
- Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
- Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change. Frida Kahlo
- Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
- You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
- Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.
Quotes About Moving On From Friends
- Sometimes you have to move on without certain people. If they’re meant to be in your life, they’ll catch up. Mandy Hale
- If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
- Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.
- I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.
- Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
- If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
- When you let go, you are truly free.
- If you don’t know where you’re going, any road’ll take you there
- You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself. Mandy Hale
- You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
- Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
- Everyone’s moving on without me, into a world I don’t understand.
Time To Move On
- There is only one moment in time when it is essential to awaken. That moment is now. Buddha
- Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.
- There’s no coming to consciousness without pain.
- Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
- You are allowed to let go of all those that do not set you free anymore. Dhiman
- You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go. Drew Gerald
- Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. Les Brown
- And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?
- The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
- I demolish my bridges behind me…then there is no choice but to move forward.
Move On Quotes For Her
- Girls you’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page.
- Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.
- Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
- What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
- You’ve got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old – whatever “the old” means for you.
- When the world is at your back, and your heart is at your feet…the best way to go on is to just “be”.
- With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
- Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future. Wayne L. Misner
Forgive And Move On Quotes
- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
- The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
- Forgiveness and letting go are steps on our road back to happiness. Tina Dayton
- Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.
- Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
- You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.
- Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
Quotes About Moving On From The Past
- What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.
- Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard
- Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.
- Here’s to the Future, because I’m done with the Past. Unknown
- The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.
- 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.
- By forgiving and choosing to move on, one takes the power back to morph it into positive energy. Eugenia Tripputi
- You can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. Jodi Picoult
Beautiful Long Quote About Moving On by Nin
- You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you’re not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn’t a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now.
Moving On Quotes On Images
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