Letting Go Quotes

“Funny how someone you thought of every waking moment for months, how a type of longing that was so significant it became a building block of your identity, eventually slips wholly from your mind.”
― Austin Taylor, Notes on Infinity

“If we cling to old stories and carry the burden of regrets, mistakes, and unresolved sorrow, we must recognize that we hold on to pain and suffering. Instead, we must steam ahead, letting go and releasing the grip of the past with the inspiration of mindful liberation, but without willful amnesia. (“Never looking back again”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Maybe I hold on for too long, but maybe you don’t hold on for long enough?”
― Dominic Riccitello

“I didn’t see you as a chance to seize, but as a life I yearned to live — even if its ending was goodbye.”
― Khaled Ibrahim

“Did you ever truly realize that even if this conflict had dragged on for years, I would’ve never let go of you?

Losing you was never part of my plans — but losing me was your first choice. So, congratulations on your escape… and congratulations to me, for surviving your deceit.”
― Khaled Ibrahim

“One fact of life is that time never comes back.
The other is that I won’t ask you to stay if you choose to go. And if you let me go, I won’t chase you.”
― Khaled Ibrahim

“You can always sacrifice things you loved…

when they become battlefields instead of shelters, when their shadows eclipse your lights, when holding on means watching yourself wither.”
― Khaled Ibrahim

“The people didn’t leave with hate. They just moved on. But sometimes, that still breaks you.”
― Muskan Mehmood, THE GIRL THEY LEFT BEHIND: A Journey Through Silence, Survival, and Strength

“Yes, God expects us to forgive others, but it is hardly ever easy. It helps me to think of it like I am facing a load of grimy, strenuous chores. If I don’t forgive, I have to keep at those awful chores. Or I can dump the load at God’s feet and say, “You deal with it; I’m going out to play.” Forgiveness frees me from all the tiring work of staying hurt and angry.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year

“Letting go isn’t loss — it’s alignment. You weren’t designed to carry dead weight when your spirit was born to soar. God's love doesn’t adjust to your seasons; it anchors you through them.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“When you stop inviting what dishonors your worth, peace becomes your closest companion. God didn’t call you to entertain chaos — He anointed you to walk as confirmation.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Peace finds you when you stop auditioning for places God never cast you. Your truth is not negotiable. Your value isn't seasonal. Heaven is impressed by one thing — that you still believe.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Healing begins when you cancel the role of impersonators in your story. Your truth is Heaven’s script. You are not disposable — you are divine investment, backed by glory, loved without expiration.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“You are not an echo — you are God's announcement. The moment you let go of who can't hear your worth, peace roars louder than rejection ever did.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Their silence may echo, but it doesn’t define me. I hold space for peace, plant seeds of purpose, and let divine validation bloom louder than applause.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“If they never call, I don’t crumble—I recalibrate. My worth isn’t dependent on their voice, but confirmed by heaven’s whisper.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Don’t decode the disguise—just accept the exposure.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“If they let go, let God lift you."
Read that again!”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“You don’t need closure — just clench your purpose and close the door yourself!”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Dr. Lovell, I like to think you’re spinning
and can’t feel it like I can’t feel the world shake
unless I’m really tired and then it’s like a gift
to let it go and just stop trying so hard.”
― Gabrielle Calvocoressi

“If they come back today and say, 'let's try again, but differently' - what would you answer?”
― Andrew Browski, Hold Me Differently: For Him and For Her — When Love Needs a New Language

“Prayer to Forgive Yourself:

Dear Heavenly Father,
I come before You with a heart heavy from the weight of my own mistakes. I know You are merciful and full of compassion. Your Word says:

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 John 1:9

So I confess, Lord—not just the actions, but the shame I’ve carried. I release it now. I lay it at Your feet.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:10).
Help me to see myself through Your eyes—not as broken, but as beloved.
Not as condemned, but as redeemed.

You said in Isaiah 1:18:

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”

So I receive that cleansing. I receive Your grace.
I forgive myself—not because I deserve it, but because You’ve already paid the price.

Let Your love rewrite the story I’ve told myself.
Let Your truth silence the voice of shame.
Let Your Spirit lead me into healing, wholeness, and peace.

I declare: I am not my past.
I am not my failure.
I am a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).
I walk forward free, forgiven, and full of purpose.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“In clinging, I wanted
to cage the bird.
Only when I let her be free,
she returned with her flock.”
― Shekhar Sahu

“In withdrawing from noise,
a new voice emerged.
In losing my voice,
I could speak to my soul.”
― Shekhar Sahu

“House plants die
with overwater, overlove.
Only when I stepped back,
the entire garden began to grow.”
― Shekhar Sahu

“It's become quite clear to me that I have a lot of crying to catch up on.
How do I know?
Because it swells up in my throat and causes my eyes to water.”
― Deanna L. Lawlis

“It's become quite clear to me that I have a lot of crying to catch up on.
How do I know?
Because it wells up in my throat and causes my eyes to water.”
― Deanna L. Lawlis

“Special prayer for those who are suffering from any addictions and depression:

“Father, I thank You that addiction is not their identity. I declare that all people all over the world with any kind of addition are not bound—they are beloved. I speak divine interruption into every cycle of destruction. Let Your Spirit arrest every craving and replace it with hunger for righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Send laborers into their path, dreams into their sleep, and conviction into their choices. I declare that they will live and not die, and they will proclaim the works of the Lord. Let the chains fall. Let the fog lift. Let the prodigals come home.

I come boldly, not because I feel strong, but because You are. I lift up every heavy thought, every silent ache, every invisible battle. I declare that their minds are not a battlefield—it is holy ground. Let every lie be silenced by truth. Let every shadow be pierced by Your light. Where despair tries to settle, let joy erupt. Where confusion whispers, let clarity roar. I speak divine alignment over their thoughts, emotions, and spirit. Let them feel Your nearness, not just know it. Let them rest in Your embrace, not just reach for it. Depression has no dominion over them. Peace is their portion. Joy is their inheritance. Hope is their anthem.”

In Jesus’ name, Amen!”
― Dr. Angela L Hood

“Great morning!

There’s something amazing that happens when you choose you over chaos, lies, deceit, worry and stress. When you realize your value. When you seize the moment to say “yes I love you and yes I’ll miss you but to leave you is better than to stay.” Sometimes loving someone isn’t enough because in most cases the bad outweighs the good.

This is not just a statement; it’s a prophetic release. It captures the sacred tension between love and liberation, and between longing and self-worth.

“I loved you. I prayed for you. I even stayed longer than I should have. But today, I choose me. I choose peace over performance. Truth over tension. Healing over history. Leaving isn’t failure—it’s freedom.”
― Dr. Angela L. Hood

“It was watching the priestess in that moment, seeing her for what she was— stunning but bloody, gorgeous but mortal, bereft but joyful— that I understood, finally, about love. She had been telling me, but I couldn't see it, couldn't believe it until I saw her staring at the body of the man she'd loved, standing and singing, utterly undiminished by his absence. This was the lesson I couldn't learn even from a lifetime gazing into my own heart, from a million nights fighting Ruc or feeling him move inside me: Love is not some eternal state, but a delight in the paradise of the imperfect. The holding of a thing is inextricable from the letting go, and to love, you must learn both. The world was still beautiful—Ela felt that, and as she sang, I felt the music rising inside me finally, in my flesh and mind—the music of joy and all the wonder that cannot last, of joy, not in the having, but in the passage—and I opened my mouth to sing alongside her, to pour into the world that corporeal trembling without which our lives mean nothing, nor our deaths.”
― Brian Staveley, Skullsworn