Quotes by Letting Go Don't force anything. Let life be a deep let go. Eileen Caddy forcelife-isletting-go You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious? Elaine May letting-gonightlying We have to call mass surveillance mass surveillance. We can't let governments around the world redefine, and sort of weasel their way out of it by saying this is bulk collection. Edward Snowden governmentletting-goworld Some people thought I was crazy to have let go of all the worldly things I had "achieved." They didn't understand that I didn't want or need any of that anymore. Eckhart Tolle crazyletting-gopeople What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all! Elif Safak letting-gobeautifuljobs If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes. Elisabeth Elliot maturityletting-gomean There is love in holding and there is love in letting go. Elizabeth Berg long-distant-relationshiplong-distance-relationshipletting-go If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of - if we want to find our true selves, if we want real Life, if our hearts are set on glory. Elisabeth Elliot realletting-goheart And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight. Elizabeth Gilbert darkletting-gobeautiful At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you. Elizabeth Gilbert beautiful-lifeletting-gobeing-happy When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy. Elizabeth Gilbert letting-gojoypast The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go. Elizabeth Gilbert eat-pray-and-loveletting-gobeautiful The hard part of loving is that one has to learn so often to let go of those we love, so they can do things, so they can grow, so they can return to us with an even richer, deeper love. Eleanor Roosevelt returnletting-golove The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes seriousand studious at six all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one's image of a child, say goodbye to the child a parent knows, and get accustomed to this slightly new child inhabiting the known child's body. Ellen Galinsky letting-gobabygoodbye There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. Ellen Goodman sad-loveletting-gojobs I am alone, I am all alone, I am completely alone. Grasping this reality, I let go of my bag, drop to my knees and press my forehead against the floor. There, I offer up to the universe a fervent prayer of thanks. First in English. Then in Italian. And then - just to get the point across - in Sanskrit. Elizabeth Gilbert italianprayerletting-go I love all the old pictures - of spanking and Bettie Page and corsets. But you can't do spanking in fashion, so I wanted to do a project where I could really let go and get girls who also love those things. Ellen von Unwerth fashiongirlletting-go I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go. Elliott Smith let-it-gohard-timesletting-go For this is wisdom- to love and live To take what fate or the Gods may give, To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion's ebb as we greet its flow, To have and to hold, and, in time--let go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomprayerletting-go Let go of the anger, hang on to the good lessons. Eloisa James lessonsletting-go«2324252627282930313233»
