Moving Forward Quotes

“Don't wait for your life to magically come together--it's your work to do. Every day, every moment, you are making your life from scratch. Today, take one step, however small, toward creating a life you can be proud of.”
― Maggie Smith, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change

“Fly, even if for just a moment.
You may land somewhere different.
You may land somewhat different.
Leap.”
― Shellen Lubin

“The beauty of beginner mind
is in the quality of the experience
and the ability to take all you know
with all your sense of wonder and possibility
into discovery...

Begin again.”
― Shellen Lubin

“This is not an easy time, love, and yet …
In order to leap and land, you must leap,
And in that moment of leaping, there may be
No solid ground, no safety rail,
But in that moment you fly.”
― Shellen Lubin

“We’re not what people have done to us. We’re not what we’ve done to ourselves. We’re not the past. We’re the future. Not what’s been done. What we’ll do.”
― Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

“Carrie knew, that in a few years, the memories would begin to fade. She might forget whether her father had spilled mustard or ketchup. She might lose the ability to recall the exact smell of Wind Song. She might even forget about the reading glasses altogether after a while, as much as it pained her to admit it.
She knew that she could not sustain her life fuelled only by the memories of those she once loved. Loss would not propel her forward. She had to go out and live. She had to find new people.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Any step away from the past is a step in the right direction.”
― Rachel Harrison, Cackle

“Sometimes things don't work out the way we hoped, despite our best intentions. And when they go pear-shaped, you have to let them. You can't keep holding on, trying to redo the past and stop the bad things from happening. They happened, and you can't change that. You can't keep holding on to the vision of the future you imagined you'd have, the way you thought things would turn out. You have to let the present be what it is---broken, flawed, painful, but real.”
― Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

“Because even with the dark and the light parts and the good parts and the bad parts, dinner must still be served.”
― Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe

“Stop complaining toxic people. You have the chance now to be better and do something new. Don't settle where you and harbor feelings of lost and guilt. New doors can open for you if you are willing to move forward and drop the negative attitude.”
― Germany Kent

“You don't always have to move on from your past, but you do need to find a way to move forward.”
― Brittany Burgunder

“Forward is the only motion we know. The only direction that can make sense of the loss, that can perhaps, even one day, restore it.”
― Micheline Ryckman, The ​Lion of the Sea

“Here’s the best I’ve come up with about recovering from the death of somebody we love. It goes like this.
When we were little, maybe one or so, we learn how to walk. Somehow we figure out how to get up on our two feet and take a scary step forward.
Maybe we fall down. But we get up again. We take another step.
We move forward. We move on.
We just don’t forget.”
― James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

“The ticket in my hand moved in the slight fall breeze as I staggered back onto my rock. My body shivered. I should have been shocked by the paper in my hand. I should have called Professor Golkov and asked him for answers or more information. I should have just gone back to my dorm and ignored the unfamiliar feeling rising through me. I should have done a lot of things, but I always did what I should. When the foreign feeling spread through me and filled my being, I finally realized what it was. Thrill. I felt like I held the answer to my life’s puzzle in my hands.”
― Robin M. King, Remembrandt

“Good people give Good Memories, Bad people give Good Experiences, Don't Judge, Learn your lessons and Move on”
― Kunal Tandel (KT)

“Sometimes we just gotta learn to accept the situations or the outcome we are in and we have to remind ourselves that the things we have already done cannot be undone, but try to correct them as we move forward with our lives.”
― Wazim Shaw

“Those that say you can’t should just move out of the way for those that CAN.”
― Najah Roberts

“If their love hurts, more than it heals, let it go. It’ll leave you with pain that never goes away, it’ll leave you with scars that never fade, it’ll leave you with tears that never dry”
― Farah Ayaad

“If their love traps you rather than it sets you free, let them go because it’ll suffocate you. If their love is judgy rather than accepting, let it go because it’ll never make you feel like you are good enough. If their love fills you with insecurity rather than confidence, let it go because it’ll destroy your self-esteem. If their love makes you anxious rather than relaxed, let it go because it’ll damage your mental health. If their love takes you for granted rather than appreciates you, let it go because it’ll burn you out. If their love surrounds you with shame rather than pride, let it go because it’ll drag you to a dark place of self-hatred and self-blame.”
― Farah Ayaad

“If their love comes in a time when you’re not in a good place to be with them, let it go because they’ll bring out the worst in you. If their love competes with your ex’s, let it go because you’ll sabotage a connection before it happens. If your head is full of doubt rather than hope, let it go because you’ll make them pay for someone else’s mistakes. If their love asks too much of you, let it go because you can’t give, what you don’t have. If their love forces itself on you, let it go because you’ll run away from it. If their love isn’t what you’re looking for, let it go because you’ll keep it until you find the one you actually want”
― Farah Ayaad

“If love feels more wrong than right, let it go because love is a privileged choice, a powerful force, a beautiful miracle”
― Farah Ayaad

“No one deserves to be a temporary fix, no one deserves to be the rebound, no one deserves to come second. No one deserves to be treated less than, no one deserves to be treated unfairly, no one deserves to be treated badly. No one should be bad in love, no one should be selfish in love, no one should be abusive in love”
― Farah Ayaad

“Prepare to relinquish who you used to be. Open the shutters ‒ free your ghosts. The winds turn skeletons to dust. The sun thaws frozen shards of pain. Anything meant for you will remain. You’re not alone. Just trust.”
― Caroline Hurry, Reign: 16 secrets from 6 Queens to rule your world with clarity, connection & sovereignty

“Every step forward is a foot in the right direction.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“No-one is coming to save you, zabalaza for yourself.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Celebrate your success, then set your eyes on the horizon; there is so much more to do!”
― Peter Francis, Ph.D.

“So much time and energy is wasted when we worry about the past. Every time we walk back into yesterday's yarn we get tangled up in its woolly story. We were not created by God with an extra set of eyes on the back of our head because God did not intend for us to keep looking backwards. Don't rehearse your reverse. The Apostle Paul got it right when he said, 'I press on'. Press on, beyond the past, into your tomorrow.”
― Anthony J. Does, Blurry Daydream: When Faith Feels Like Make Believe

“He takes our mistakes and missteps into His ways and His steps. He turns our stumbling blocks into stepping stones.”
― Anthony J. Does, Blurry Daydream: When Faith Feels Like Make Believe

“I was a real son of a bitch, and I'll die knowing that I was, but I do my best not to be anymore. It's all we can do.”
― Ann Aguirre, Boss Witch

“Romanticizing the past will keep you stuck in a cycle that you were meant to grow and move on from for awhile now. You're delaying the inevitable and pushing away what was sent as a helping hand.

Don't keep yourself trapped in memories or you will continue to stay in a state of deep dissatisfaction with your present and future life. That's not what you want for yourself, correct?”
― Robin S. Baker