100 Short Moving On Quotes About Letting Go and New Beginnings

You’ve assessed and decided it is time to move on from something in your life. It happens to all of us now and then. That’s why we’ve compiled the best moving on quotes to inspire you. This collection includes quotes that are short, inspirational, and positive that are all about letting go and new beginnings.

Let these quotes help you move forward with courage, let go of the past and enjoy your future!

Short Moving On Quotes for Instagram

“Part of the game is moving on. And you do.” ― Chris Hughton

“Moving on is self-care, which is intelligence.” ― Maxime Lagacé

“Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” ― Dave Mustaine

“Moving on is easy. It’s staying moved on that’s trickier.” ― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name – and moving on.” ― Emil Cioran

“Moving on means we have to protect ourselves.” ― Jojo Moyes

“I’ve been burdened with blame trapped in the past for too long, I’m moving on.” ― Rascal Flatts

“I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn’t retiring – that I was moving on.” ― Regis Philbin

“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name – and moving on.” ― Emil Cioran

“I’ve always believed that if you don’t stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.” ― Paul Anka

“Gather your strength, woman. And move on.” ― Mitta Xinindlu

“The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.” ― Faraaz Kazi

“I’m moving on in years, but I tell you I still want to kick the devil before I kick the bucket.” ― Reinhard Bonnke

“What’s the point of pointing the finger, other than to stall your own progress in moving on?” ― Lisa Steadman

“Who can’t relate to the idea of leaving one chapter behind and moving on to the next?” ― Mike Shinoda

“There is love in holding on and there is love in letting go.” – Elizabeth Bert

“I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.” ― Waris Dirie

“Life is about making the right decisions and moving on.” ― Josh Rayburn

“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.” ― Byrd Baggett

“Life moves on and so should we.” ― Spencer Johnson

“Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.” ― Ben Hecht

“It is not down in any map, true places never are.” ― Herman Melville

“If your world doesn’t allow you to dream, move to one where you can.” ― Billy Idol

“Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.” ― George Lucas

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Saying Goodbye Quotes, Letting Go Quotes and Feeling Down Quotes.

Life Moves On Quotes

“Life Goes On.” ― Tupac Shakur

“Afterall, life goes on.” ― Magicalline

“…but ready or not, life goes on.” ― Sidney Sheldon

“Mistakes do happen and life goes on.” ― Sourav Ganguly

“Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on.” ― Rick Ross

“Life goes on if you’re one of the lucky ones.” ― Judy Blume

“Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.” ― Elizabeth Scott

“Change has to come for life to struggle forward.” ― Helen Hollick

“The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.” ― Patrick Swayze

“Life goes on, and one should look ahead and not backward.” ― Sonali Bendre

“Life goes on is a redundancy. Life is defined by its going on.” ― David Levithan

“People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on.” ― Mac Miller

“I would say people remember me from ‘Life Goes On’ more than anything.” ― Kellie Martin

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

“Life goes on after sorrow, in spite of sorrow, as a defense against sorrow.” ― Cornelia Meigs

“Remember, whether you choose to move on or stay stuck in the past, life goes on!” ― Billy Cox

Inspirational Moving On Quotes

“Moving on is not forgetting — moving on is being able to remember without feeling awful about it.” ― Sam Madison

“Moving on doesn’t take a day, it takes lots of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self.” ― Tere Arigo

“The problem is that when we speak of plan Bs, we already negate the possibility of moving on with plan A.” ― Isaac Herzog

“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

“There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues.” ― Lara Giddings

“Take all the time you need to heal emotionally. Moving on doesn’t take a day, it takes lots of little steps to be able to break free of your broken self.” ― Tere Arigo

“You see stuff that is cheating, no question, and it needs to be sorted out. The biggest thing is moving on the shot by an opponent.” ― Neil Robertson

“When you start to abandon your old beliefs or values – you may be stuck at the threshold for two or three years. Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs.” ― Dick Raymond

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.” ― Ulysses S. Grant

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli

“The day a character becomes predictable is the day a writer should think about moving on – because the reader certainly will.” ― Mark Billingham

“The strange thing about living somewhere for a couple of years and then moving on and not returning is that those locations become ghosts of themselves in your mind.” ― Sarah Pinborough

“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” ― Oprah Winfrey

“In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it’s just a case of moving on and learning from it.” ― James Nesbitt

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass – It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” ― Vivian Greene

“I have made many decisions that I probably shouldn’t have made, but life is about making mistakes, learning and moving on.” ― Shamita Shetty

“Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.” ― Bryant H. McGill

“Life goes on, and I’m moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.” ― Susan Lucci

“I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you’re like, ‘What’s wrong with me?” ― Kristen Wiig

“Someone once told me that just because you can’t have the life you wanted, you shouldn’t give up and fade out of existence. That’s how we become living ghosts—by never moving on.” ― Roshani Chokshi

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.” ― Ivy Baker Priest

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” ― Seth Godin

“Life is a moving, breathing thing. We have to be willing to constantly evolve. Perfection is constant transformation.” ― Nia Peeples

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ― Conrad Hilton

“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“Change is a great and horrible thing, and people love it or hate it at the same time. Without change, however, you just don’t move.” ― Marc Jacobs

“My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.” ― Richard Branson

“Rehashing the past wouldn’t change anything. Time to move forward.” ― Zena Wynn

“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.” ― Bob Newhart

“By forgiving and choosing to move on, one takes the power back to morph it into positive energy.” ― Eugenia Tripputi

“When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.” ― Dave Pelzer

“No matter how bad you want a person, if your hearts are in two different places, you’ll have to pass and move on.” ― Alexandra Elle

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” ― Steve Maraboli

“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.” ― Teddy Roosevelt

“To be able to move on, one has to learn to forgive not only the person, or people, who have done one wrong but also oneself.” ― Eugenia Tripputi

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.” ― Criss Jami

“Well, I just get as close as I can to a happy ending, then I shut the door behind me and move on.” ― James Goss

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” ― Willie Nelson

“Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts.” ― Nanette Mathews

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.” ― Pat Riley

“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” ― Richard M. DeVos

“I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.” ― Katie Taylor

“You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” ― Joel Osteen

“To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you’ll get through it.” ― 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

“Every day has a past. Every day has a tomorrow.” ― Amy Meyerson

“Trees still grow after letting dead things go.” ― Darnell Lamont Walker

Quotes About Moving On in Relationships

“Girls you’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page.” ― Tori Amos

“It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.” ― George Washington

“You don’t have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.” ― Jojo Moyes

“If someone keeps bringing you down, perhaps it’s time to get up and leave.” ― Karen Salmansohn

“I demolish my bridges behind me.. then there is no choice but to move forward.” ― Fridtjof Nansen

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli

“It is really exhausting to live in a dictatorship of ‘Me’, which is basically a tyranny of others.” ― Stefan Molyneux

“Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.” ― Carrie Underwood

“People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what’s bitter and move on.” ― Bill Cosby

“I felt an inner peace and softness. My Berlin Wall had been cracked; the toxic relationship between me and that critical voice had been severed.” ― Penny De Villiers

“Moving on is tough, specially when you gave too much love.” ― Heather Mae Buban

“I think that you never fall out of love with somebody, you just let go and move on.” ― Ashley Rickards

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” ― Khalil Gibran

“Love is supposed to lift you up, not hold you down. It is supposed to push you forward, not hold you back.” ― Suzy Kassem

“Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ― Lucille Ball

“Spend your time with those who love you unconditionally, not with those who only love you under certain conditions.” ― Suzy Kassem

“Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.” ― Mandy Hale

“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

“There are only two kinds of people who can drain your energy: those you love, and those you fear. In both instances it is you who let them in. They did not force their way into your aura, or pry their way into your reality experience.” ― Anthon St. Maarten

Quotes About Letting Go and Moving Forward

“Set your goal and keep moving forward.” ― Georges St-Pierre

“If you’re not moving forward, you’re falling back.” ― Sam Waterson

“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” ― Victor Kiam

“There is no standing still because time is moving forward.” ― Greg Lake

“There’s no time for regrets. You’ve just got to keep moving forward.” ― Mike McCready

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” ― Henry Ford

“You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.” ― Conrad Hall

“The answer to every adversity lies in courageously moving forward with faith.” ― Edmond Mbiaka

“Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.” ― Maxwell Maltz

“It’s a wonderful world. You can’t go backwards. You’re always moving forward. It’s the wonderful part about life. And that’s terrific.” ― Harvey Fierstein

“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

“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.

“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.” ― Alyson Noel

“Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.” ― LL Cool J

“Letting go of the past gives us a restart.” ― Bert McCoy

“Letting go of the past means opening up to the future, and sometimes the unknown is scarier than the past.” ― Tamara Lechner

“Living for the future is more important than trying to avenge the past.” ― Kentaro Miura

“The past is somewhere we can walk with our memories. Never with our footsteps.” ― Mimi Novic

“You have to forgive yourself for your past mistakes, and you have to forgive those that hurt you for what they did to you, or you’re never going to fully move on.” ― Jennifer Gracen

“Clear out the past, layout the present and prepare for a much better and brighter future.” ― Omoakhuana Anthonia

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Just because I moved on doesn’t mean that I’m not thinking of you. Perhaps there is something about it for me.” ― Anoir Ou-Chad

“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

“They say forgiveness is giving up hope on having had a better past. I’m ready. I want to let it all go, I’m just not sure how to do it.” ― Aggie Blum Thompson

“Moving forward until I let go, until you forgive yourself, until you realize the situation is over, you will never be able to move forward.” ― Charles E Hudson

“We all need to let go of the past. We need to collectively move forward and work together to make this world of ours a safer and more habitable place to live in.” ― Margo Vader

“When we let go and stop dragging the pain and past, we free ourselves of dead weight and allow our hearts to heft the good stuff…the stuff that makes our journey lighter, easier, and more meaningful.” ― Toni Sorenson

“Until you let go of the painful memories of the past in your life you will not be able to learn and grow.

The beauty of life is to learn and grow, the day you let go of your past you will continue to grow. Let it go and restart your life.” ― Charles E Hudson

“Letting go brings a feeling of lightness and freedom, like taking a heavy rock off your shoulders.” ― Remez Sasson

“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” — Daphne Rose Kingma

“In the process of letting go, you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” — Deepak Chopra

“It is by giving the freedom to the other, that is by letting go, we gain our own freedom back.” ― Aleksandra Ninkovic

“Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“Letting go is not getting rid of memories. Memories will stay; they always do. Letting go is making sure that the pain associated with the memories goes away.” ― Arti Honrao

“By letting go of my fears and concerns, I’ve gained so much happiness and freedom. With that freedom I’ve also gained confidence.” – Sabrina Claudio

“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

“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 means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” ― Steve Maraboli

“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” ― Jeffrey McDaniel

“What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?” — Brene Brown

“The point of human evolution is adapting to circumstance. Not letting go of the old, but adapting it, is necessary.” — Sonali Bendre

“By accepting the process of letting go, we make people and things that we can’t stay with forever a part of our history.” ― Dr. Prem Jagyasi

“Letting go is an energetic process that moves us in a different flow of reality beyond the illusion and into more of a free-flowing liberation space.” ― Christine McCormick Day

“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is, therefore, the means for correcting our misperceptions.” ― Gerald G. Jampolsky

“You must be strong enough to know that love will come to you when you are ready. You must be strong enough to know when to say goodbye, and know that letting go is not weak.” ― Marisa Donnelly

Quotes About Closure and Moving On

“Sometimes the only way to get closure is by accepting that you’ll never get it.” ― John Mark Green

“Closure doesn’t really exist…. That’s why we’re always looking for it.” ― Maggie Shipstead

“Just like you left me without closure, I’m over you without forgiving you.” ― Namrata Gupta

“I forgive you.’ This statement suggests attachment. If you have forgiven someone to close their chapter from your life, you won’t feel the need of saying it to them. They will just stop existing for you.” ― Shunya

“What was closure if not a clock? Not an end as everyone imagined, but a beginning.” ― Celeste Chaney

“Closure: Now there’s a silly idea. Nothing ever gets closure, the only real closure is death. Maybe it’s not a good idea to stare a dying bird in the eye. It might reflect something back at you that you don’t want to see.” ― A.D. Aliwat

“Sometimes the closure that we need is a new door opening.” ― Anthony T. Hincks

“We demand closure as though our lives were put together as neatly as novels, but the fact of the matter is they’re not. In real life, relationships are messy and poorly written, ending too early or too late, and sometimes in the middle of a sentence.” — Beau Taplin

“Sometimes you don’t get closure, you just move on.” — Karen Salmansohn

“You don’t need someone who isn’t strong enough to love you. You don’t need someone who can’t even face you and tell you why they had to walk away. You don’t need closure.” — Rania Naim

“I will… and this will end. — closure | dankyes” ― Nayyirah Waheed

“If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.” — Phil McGraw

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