Moving On Quotes

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it, it's only good for wallowing in.

~ Katherine Mansfield

She knew that this day, this feeling, couldn't last forever. Everything passed; that was partly why it was so beautiful. Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too.The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.

~ Lauren Oliver

In the end, a lack of compatibility is what ruins relationships. You can't force someone to be an eagle when they are a duck. Nobody wants to fly solo. Dreams were meant to be shared together.

~ Shannon L. Alder

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

~ Emily Giffin

It was strange walking through the empty apartment. My battered purple room was gone, Brittany’s bruised blue was gone. Two coats covered everything. It was like none of it had ever happened.

~ Kimberly Novosel

You move on. You move back. On because you're always getting older, back because there's always a set of habits and routines to catch you and suck you back in when your guard is down.

~ Mike Carey

I realize now, I was learning how to walk as well. I haven’t mastered the steps, I fall too. But im on my path, my path... and one day that path... will take me to her.

~ Makoto Shinkai

Since being back in London everything seemed greyer, but clearer. She couldn't explain it. The strangest thing was she couldn't recall her New York self. She wanted that part of herself back, but she couldn't remember what it was like to be that Elle. She would catch a whiff of it, like the snatch of a song that still won't lead you to the chorus, and then it would be gone.

~ Harriet Evans

The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop when we do.

~ Darnell Lamont Walker

The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop we do.

~ Darnell Lamont Walker

As long as you're moving, it's easier to steer.

~ Anonymous

The sperm donor that impregnated my mother (with me), passed away. Please, stop sending me private messages of condolences. I never met the man.

~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz

Going back to something is harder than you think.I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if I tried.

~ Mitch Albom

We live with the scars we choose.

~ Shannon L. Alder

How could I explain to this girl what Will and I had been to each other,the way I felt that no person in the world had ever understood me like he did or ever would again?How could she understand that losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill?

~ Jojo Moyes

Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.

~ M.l. Stedman

Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.

~ Ramon Bautista

Never look back, you may only find what you left or let you go.

~ Stefanos Livos

I realize that not everyone could be granted the chance of getting a decent closure – most people just deal with the decisions they made then on their own.

~ Dawn Lanuza

And it was suddenly very simple: There was no choice.

~ Jojo Moyes

Every living thing dies, Art. That’s why we cherish it while we have it. That’s why we respect the decisions our loved ones make for themselves. That’s why we love, and why we care, and why we hurt. Because everything dies.

~ Reilyn J. Hardy

But with your life you make a few bad decisions, get unlucky a few times, whatever, but you have to keep going, right?

~ Cecelia Ahern

Its not the love that hurts but the scented memories of anticipated dreams of a future together

~ Kiran Joshi

The time when you wish if death was possible from a heartbreak

~ Kiran Joshi

If you are ready to cry..to feel the pain..to take the risk? You are ready for love

~ Kiran Joshi

The unspoken feeling that engulfs you and smolders you more and more each day.....love!

~ Kiran Joshi

One day they'll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones.

~ Turcois Ominek

Nothing made sense. Every decision felt wrong. Every direction I looked led down a path I was unaware about. For years I have worked toward one goal, stayed focused on one place I wanted to get. But now that goal felt like it wasn't quite right.

~ Nichole Chase

Maybe you're starting to move on, my love. But to fully do it, you have to let the guilt go. Gabriel will always be an important part of your life. I don't even want to imagine how difficult it is to move on, but a new love always helps. I can bet you will find it in MacCraig's arms. He may be domineering and commanding, but everyone has flaws.

~ Cristiane Serruya

You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.

~ Jojo Moyes

Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open. But my hand has been clenched into a fist for three years now, it's frozen shut.

~ Gayle Forman

She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.

~ Susane Colasanti

Don't go through life, grow through life.

~ Eric Butterworth

It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.

~ Aron Ralston

Your body will forget, but your mind often doesn't.

~ Winna Efendi

Seen no matter how and said as seen. Dread of black. Of white. Of void. Let her vanish. And the rest. For good.

~ Samuel Beckett

I drift off for a while. I don't know how long, but when I open my eyes, the Oscars are still on and Alex tells me that Sid has gone and this makes me a little sad. Whatever the four of us had is over. He is my daughter's boyfriend now, and I am a father. A widower. No pot, no cigarettes, no sleeping over. They'll have to find inventive ways to conduct their business, most likely in uncomfortable places, just like the rest of them. I let him and my old ways go. We all let him go, as well as who we were before this, and now it's really just the three of us. I glance over at the girls, taking a good look at what's left.

~ Kaui Hart Hemmings

It’s amazing, really, how in one instant a wall can be torn down, or climbed over. Misconceptions can be shattered, illusions dashed, dreams irrevocably ruined. Given the right frame of mind, within a heartbeat, people can begin the business of starting over.

~ Tamara Thiel

It was hard to understand a little and then walk away.

~ Rachel Joyce

Question: Where do I go from here?Answer: Out of your comfort zone. In the direction of your dreams.

~ Izey Victoria Odiase