Top 80 Quotes About Moving On in Life (BE HAPPY)

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Top 10 Inspirational Quotes About Moving On

“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened…or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move on.”
Tupac Shakur

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. - Seneca — Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – **Seneca**

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life it goes on. - Robert Frost — In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about **life**: it goes on. – **Robert Frost**

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 — 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**

There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. - C.S. Lewis — There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – **C.S. Lewis**

Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on. - Carrie Underwood — Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find **happiness** if you don’t move on. – Carrie Underwood

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. - Steve Maraboli — 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. – **Steve Maraboli**

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment. - Carlos Santana — If you carry joy in your heart, you can **heal** any moment. – Carlos Santana

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier. - Katerina Stoykova Klemer — Moving on is easy. It’s staying moved on that’s trickier. – Katerina Stoykova Klemer

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. - Theodore Roosevelt — It is only through labor and painful **effort**, by grim energy and resolute **courage**, that we move on to better things. – **Theodore Roosevelt**

17 Uplifting Quotes About Moving On From The Past

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.”
Joel Osteen

Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein — Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. – **Albert Einstein**

Moving on will show you a lot about who you are, what you truly want, & what you have no desire to waste your time on. - April Mae Monterrosa — Moving on will show you a lot about who you are, what you truly want, & what you have no desire to waste your **time** on. – April Mae Monterrosa

“Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”
Lewis B. Smedes

A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. - Jodi Picoult — A very wise man once told me that you can’t look back – you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. – Jodi Picoult

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. - Oprah Winfrey — 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**. – **Oprah Winfrey**

“I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.”
Carl Sandburg

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. - Jan Glidewell — You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. – Jan Glidewell

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past - Harold Pinter — I mean, don’t forget the earth’s about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? – Harold Pinter

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. - Lyndon B. Johnson — Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. – Lyndon B. Johnson

Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us. - Mimi Novic — Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us. – Mimi Novic

The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all. - Lalah Delia — The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all. – Lalah Delia

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about. - George Allen, Sr. — Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to **worry** about. – George Allen, Sr.

You can't move things by not moving. - Suzy Kassem — You can’t move things by not moving. – Suzy Kassem

Moving on is not forgetting — moving on is being able to remember without feeling awful about it. - Sam Madison — Moving on is not forgetting — moving on is being able to remember without feeling awful about it. – Sam Madison

Sometimes moving forward changes what's behind you. - Kami Garcia — Sometimes moving forward changes what’s behind you. – Kami Garcia

Kiss away the past as you head towards the future. - Imania Margria — **Kiss** away the past as you head towards the future. – Imania Margria

16 Touching Quotes About Moving On and Letting Go

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
Johnny Cash

You really don’t have to burn any bridges to let go… You don’t have to destroy anything. You can just decide to cross over and move on. - Marta Mrotek — You really don’t have to burn any bridges to let go… You don’t have to destroy anything. You can just decide to cross over and move on. – Marta Mrotek

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. - Denis Waitley — Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, **focus** on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. – Denis Waitley

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure. - Ernie Harwell — It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new **adventure**. – Ernie Harwell

Holding on is believing that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future. - Daphne Rose Kingma — Holding on is **believing** that there’s a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future. – Daphne Rose Kingma

If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down. – **Amit Ray**

The pain of letting go will be eclipsed by the relief of moving on. - Scott Stabile — The pain of letting go will be eclipsed by the relief of moving on. – Scott Stabile

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever. - Leo Buscaglia — Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever. – **Leo Buscaglia**

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. - Martin Luther King Jr. — If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – **Martin Luther King Jr.**

Letting go is hard but being free is beautiful. - Wilder Poetry — Letting go is hard but being free is **beautiful**. – Wilder Poetry

If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go. - Germany Kent — If it doesn’t agree with your spirit let it go. – **Germany Kent**

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. - Walt Disney — We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. – **Walt Disney**

The most liberating moment, is the moment you finally let go. - Ava Harrison — The most liberating moment, is the moment you finally let go. – Ava Harrison

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. - Steve Maraboli — Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your **destiny**. – Steve Maraboli

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. - Lao Tzu — When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. – **Lao Tzu**

You are allowed to let go of all the things that don’t set you free anymore. - Dhiman — You are allowed to let go of all the things that don’t set you free anymore. – Dhiman

13 Helpful Quotes About Moving On From A Relationship

“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. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”
Nicholas Sparks

That’s all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your love story. You keep going. - Robyn Schneider — That’s all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your burden, or how tragic your **love** story. You keep going. – Robyn Schneider

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. - Khalil Gibran — If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were. – **Khalil Gibran**

“I think it’s important to have closure in any relationship that ends – from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.”
Jennifer Aniston

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind. - Shannon L. Alder — If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind. – Shannon L. Alder

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. - Mason Cooley — Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. – Mason Cooley

“Lots of things can be fixed. Things can be fixed. But many times, relationships between people cannot be fixed, because they should not be fixed. You’re aboard a ship setting sail, and the other person has joined the inland circus, or is boarding a different ship, and you just can’t be with each other anymore. Because you shouldn’t be.”
C. JoyBell C.

The heart will break, but broken live on. - Lord Byron — The heart will break, but broken live on. – **Lord Byron**

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! - Walter Scott — O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that’s broken! – Walter Scott

**Patience** is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup. – **Drake**

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. - Deborah Reber — 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. – Deborah Reber

Girls you’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page. - Tori Amos — Girls you’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page. – Tori Amos

Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for. - Mandy Hale — Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. – **Mandy Hale**

10 Quotes About Moving On From Grief

“It’s so curious; One can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses.”
Colette

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God! - Fyodor Dostoevsky — The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God! – **Fyodor Dostoevsky**

Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life. - Anne Roiphe — Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life. – Anne Roiphe

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. - Thomas Campbell — To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. – Thomas Campbell

I answer the heroic question ‘Death, where is thy sting’ with ‘It is here in my heart and mind and memories'. - Maya Angelou — I answer the heroic question ‘Death, where is thy sting?’ with ‘It is here in my heart and mind and memories’. – **Maya Angelou**

Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken - Terry Pratchett — Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken? – Terry Pratchett

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. - Havelock Ellis — All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. – Havelock Ellis

I will not say do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. - J.R.R. Tolkien — I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. – **J.R.R. Tolkien**

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. - C.S. Lewis — No one ever told me that grief felt so like **fear**. – C.S. Lewis

Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. - John Green — Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you. – **John Green**

14 Quotes About Moving On That Will Make You Think

“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?”
Mary Manin Morrissey

You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles. - C. JoyBell C — You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles. – C. JoyBell C

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. - Steve Maraboli — Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. – Steve Maraboli

“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there.”
Pascal Mercier