89+ Best Moving On To Someone Better Quotes
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Moving On To Someone Better Quotes
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness If in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“I will breathe I will think of solutions I will not let my worry control me I will not let my stress level break me I will simply breathe And it will be okay Because I don’t quit” – Shayne McClendon
“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know” – Pema ChodronIf you’re enjoying these quotes, you’ll love our collection of Pema Chödrön quotes about finding peace in life
“The pain is an opportunity to resurrect our true selves” – Unknown
“Darlin’ you don’t need all that armor Because what lives inside, they can’t break” – Jm Storm
“If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely” – Roald Dahl
“A person can break your heart and damage your pride But never ever give them the power to break your spirit” – Unknown
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way Instead, let life live through you And do not worry that your life is turning upside down How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come” – Rumi
“It is time for me to let go of my old beliefs about how relationships are supposed to be” – Louise Hay
“He’s going to be sorry he lost you, so stop worrying Forget the past, forget the pain and remember what an incredible woman you are” – Drake
“If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried; but actually you’ve been planted” – Unknown
“Expectation is the root of all heartache” – William Shakespeare
“If you love them, then love in the way that frees them Build them up Grow them and let them grow you Love that is confining, restrictive, and full of laws is love born out of the desperation of loneliness” – Jm Storm
“I know something better is on the road for me” – Maya Angelou
“What a beautiful thing it is, to stand tall and say, I fell apart and I survived” – Unknown
“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
“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over He does not need punishment; he needs help That’s the message he is sending” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth” – Unknown
“You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it” – Unknown
“Healing comes in waves and maybe today the wave hits the rocks And that’s OK, that’s OK darling You are still healing You are still healing” – Ijeoma Umebinyuo
“Closure happens right after you accept that letting go and moving on is more important than projecting a fantasy of how the relationship could have been” – Sylvester McNutt
“A strong woman loves, forgives, walks away, lets go, tries again, and perseveres…no matter what life throws at her” – Unknown
“Anyone can say they care But watch their actions, not their words” – Buddha
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it” – Rumi
“Don’t like the chapter you are in? Write a new one You are the author of your life” – Unknown
“In three words I can sum of everything I’ve learned about life It goes on” – Robert Frost
“Everything heals Your body heals Your heart heals The mind heals Wounds heal Your heart repairs itself Your happiness is always going to come back” – Unknown
“Sometimes things that hurt you most, teach you the greatest lesson in life” – Buddha
“Your heart knows the way Run in that direction” – Rumi
“Learn to be happy alone, so you know how to be happy with someone else” – Unknown
“If I want to be loved as I am, I have to be willing to love others as they are” – Louise Hay
“Your mind is a powerful thing When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change” – Unknown
“We do not heal the past by dwelling there We heal the past by living fully in the present” – Marianne Williamson
“I never knew how strong I was until I had to forgive someone who wasn’t sorry and accept an apology I never received” – Unknown
“We repeat what we don’t repair” – Christine Langley-Obaugh
“The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness, and respect” – Unknown
Quotes About Moving Forward And Being Strong
“Give yourself the love you seek, and the universe will send people who match it” – Abraham Hicks
“What comes easy, won’t last And what lasts, won’t come easy” – Yogi Bhajan
“It is worse to stay where one does not belong at all than to wander about lost for a while looking for the psychic and soulful kinship one requires” – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
“Don’t wait for things in your life to change before you feel better Feel better now and watch the things in your life change” – Unknown
“I forgive everyone in my past for all perceived wrongs I release them with love” – Louise Hay
“Choose people who lift you up” – Michelle Obama
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are” – Yogi Bhajan
“Until we have seen someone’s darkness, we don’t really know who they are Until we have forgiven someone’s darkness, we don’t really know what love is” – Marianne Williamson
“He loved me He loved me, but he doesn’t love me anymore, and it’s not the end of the world” – Jennifer Weiner
“Heartbroken? Channel your sorrow to become worthy of love The world will be yours” ― Tapan Ghosh
“To love and win is the best thing To love and lose is the next best” – William Makepeace Thackeray
“One of the best times for figuring out who you are and what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up”― Mandy Hale
“I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?” – Nicholas Sparks
“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained”― Jonathan HarnischIf you’re enjoying these quotes, make sure to read our collection of sad love quotes to help you deal with difficult emotions
“Everyone’s allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point In fact, it’s a mistake not to be” – Harriet Evans
“I think it’s important to realize that you can miss something, but not want it back” – Paulo Coelho
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down” – Mary Pickford
“Some think that holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it’s letting go” – Herman Hesse
“And I know we weren’t perfect but I’ve never felt this way for no one And I just can’t imagine how you could be so okay now that I’m gone Guess you didn’t mean what you wrote in that song about me, because you said forever now I drive alone past your street” —Olivia Rodrigo, “Driver’s License”
“So, I made you think that I would always stay I said some things that I should never say Yeah, I broke your heart like someone did to mine, and now you won’t love me for a second time” —The Weeknd, “Save Your Tears”
“Now suddenly you’re asking for it back Could you tell me, where’d you get the nerve? Yeah, you could say you miss all that we had But I don’t really care how bad it hurts when you broke me first” —Tate McRae, “You Broke Me First”
“I know she thinkin’ now she found herself a winner I know you fucked her on the counter right before you cooked the dinner I know you think about me when you kiss her I left a taste in your mouth, can she taste me now? I’m bitter” —Fletcher, “Bitter”
“Why would you ever kiss me? I’m not even half as pretty You gave her your sweater, it’s just polyester But you like her better Wish I were Heather” —Conan Gray, “Heather”
“But we were something, don’t you think so? Roaring twenties, tossing pennies in the pool And if my wishes came true, it would’ve been you In my defense, I have none for never leaving well enough alone But it would’ve been fun if you would’ve been the one” —Taylor Swift, “The 1”
“It’s been a long time, and seeing the shape of your name still spells out pain It wasn’t right the way it all went down, looks like you know that now Yes I got your letter, yes I’m doing better It cut deep to know you, right to the bone Yes I got your letter, yes I’m doing better, I know that it’s over, I don’t need your closure” —Taylor Swift, “Closure”
“I know, you know, we know you weren’t down for forever and it’s fine I know, you know, we know we weren’t meant for each other and it’s fine But if the world was ending, you’d come over, right?” —JP Saxe and Julia Michaels, “If the World Was Ending”
“We’d always go into it blindly I needed to lose you to find me This dancing was killing me softly I needed to hate you to love me” —Selena Gomez, “Lose You to Love Me”
“Now the day bleeds into nightfall and you’re not here to get me through it all I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved” —Lewis Capaldi, “Someone You Loved”
Quotes About Moving Forward In Life And Being Happy
I’m letting you go Cause if we stay together, Will, we’re gonna be miserable I’m gonna hold you back from all these incredible dreams that you have And then eventually you’re totally gonna hate me for it” —Will and Emily, Definitely, Maybe
“You broke me You broke my heart, and I hate you because I’m still in love with you,” —Carrie, The Carrie Diaries
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected” —The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
“You were red and you liked me cause I was blue You touched me and suddenly I was a lilac sky, and you decided purple just wasn’t for you” —Halsey, “Colors”
“Time won’t fly, it’s like I’m paralyzed by it I’d like to be my old self again, but I’m still trying to find it After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own, now you mail back my things and I walk home alone”—Taylor Swift, “All Too Well”
“There are many stages of grief It’s sad, something coming to an end It cracks you open, in a way—cracks you open to feeling When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain” —Jennifer Aniston, Vanity Fair
“Let yourself go and let yourself obsess over every little detail of the breakup and the relationship You will need to do this for yourself You will need to allow your mind to take it all in so that by the time you get back up on your feet, you know how you feel” —Lauren Conrad
“It’s no good When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you’ve created together collapses, and that everything you see or do reminds you of them, the worst is the thought that they tried you out and, in the end, the whole sum of parts adds up to you got stamped REJECT by the one you love” ―Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Sometimes I believe that love is as natural as the tides, and sometimes I believe that love is an act of will Sometimes I believe that some people are better at love than others, and sometimes I believe that everyone is faking it Sometimes I believe that love is essential, and sometimes I believe that the only reason love is essential is that otherwise you spend all your time looking for it” —Nora Ephron, Heartburn
“Choices were easy to make until you realized how long life could be” —Emma Straub, Modern Lovers
“When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, ‘It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you’ll feel better’ And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table Because, of course, I was in agony And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time But interestingly enough, it is over four years later–we were together eight years–and I finally feel like, cool I feel better” —Uma Thurman, on Ethan Hawke, Redbook
“If we were meant to be together, we would be together” –Leo, The Vow
“I am beginning to feel like the only way to truly get over someone that you cared a lot about is to start a new chapter” —Mindy, The Mindy Project
“It was really tough I don’t know if I’m over it yet I think that I’m definitely in another place and I think we’ve definitely went our separate ways I love her and I want her to be awesome, but there are things that remind me of her” —Justin Bieber, about Selena Gomez
“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary” —Oscar Wilde
“You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love You don’t need a reason to leave Wanting to leave is enough Leaving doesn’t mean you’re incapable of real love or that you’ll never love anyone else again It doesn’t mean you’re morally bankrupt or psychologically demented or a nymphomaniac It means you wish to change the terms of one particular relationship That’s all Be brave enough to break your own heart” —Cheryl Strayed, “DEAR SUGAR: Tiny Beautiful Things”
“When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way We can shut down and feel resentful or we can touch in on that throbbing quality” —Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart
“I did not deceive him, he did not deceive me, I did not leave him, he did not leave me, I freed him, he freed me” ―Sharon Olds, Stag’s Leap: Poems [/pullquote]
“I look at him sometimes for an unguarded moment and see a tall, crooked man with yellowing teeth and a leer I see new N Bad N Vulnerable to anyone with a vagina I also see Good N, just a glimpse, here and there And Noncommittal N, an extra in his own life, just hitting his marks and looking well pressed He’s become a whole group of people, a cache of ghosts tugging at my sleeve” —Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce
“Sooner or later, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences” —Nancy Horan, Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Moving On Quotes Relationships
“I used to think—and given the way we ended up, maybe I still do—that all relationships need the kind of violent shove that a crush brings, just to get you started and to push you over the humps And then, when the energy from that shove has gone and you come to something approaching a halt, you have to look around and see what you’ve got It could be something completely different, it could be something roughly the same, but gentler and calmer, or it could be nothing at all” —Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
“How often we set this trap for ourselves I had learned to act as if I were the person I wished to be: an ascetically self-sufficient woman, a woman without needs, a woman immune to disappointment And I found or urged myself to be attracted to people whom only such a woman should love” —Melissa Febos, Abandon Me: Memoirs
“The truth of relationship healthiness is that water seeks its own level If you want to know what is missing in you, what unfinished business you have, what your inner struggles are, you need not look further than your partner If you listen carefully and look closely, usually your choice of mates will tell you what you need to know about yourself As you grow and change, your choice of mate continues to reflect what you still need to work on”—Susan J Elliott, Getting Past Your Breakup: How to Turn a Devastating Loss Into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
“You can love someone so muchBut you can never love people as much as you can miss them” —Paper Towns, by John Green
“You get used to not calling someone at night to tell them how your day was You replace these old habits with new habits, like texting your friends in a group chat all day and planning fun dinner parties and going out on adventures with your girlfriends, and then all of a sudden, one day you’re in London and you realize you’ve been in the same place as your ex for two weeks and you’re fine And you hope he’s fine” —Taylor Swift, Elle
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams” —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Finally, four months after the end, I found myself spending a weekend in the country, and I stepped outside and away from my companions, onto a gravel path, and in the dimming pink of the sunset I began along my way It was simple—one foot in front of the other, hands swinging at my sides—but I thought, rather dramatically, I will remember this moment all my lifeI had made the choice to face the world—trees, sky, even a rude, shoe-thieving neighborhood dog named Rico—on my own, with the power and presence of someone who can tolerate herself” —Lena Dunham, Vogue
“The thing about being single is, you should cherish it Because, in a week, or a lifetime, of being alone, you may only get one moment One moment, when you’re not tied up in a relationship with anyone A parent, a pet, a sibling, a friend One moment, when you stand on your own Really, truly single And thenit’s gone” —Alice, How to Be Single
“It’s really over, you made your stand You got me crying, as was your plan But when my loneliness is through, I’m gonna find another you” —John Mayer, “I’m Gonna Find Another You”
“There are two ways you can go: You can either nurture yourself or go destructive I have gone down the destructive path before, and that didn’t work for me You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends” —Katy Perry
“Just believe that the heartbreak was a gift in itself Cry if you have to, but it won’t be forever! You will find love again, and it will be even more beautiful! In the meantime, enjoy all that YOU are!” —Rihanna
“I’d be a robot if I said I didn’t feel moments of anger, of hurt, of embarrassment…[but] you joke and say, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’” —Jennifer Aniston
“I remember throwing up I remember being on the floor…I have never felt anything quite like that It was so visceral It’s like someone has killed you and you have to live through it and watch it happen It was awful” —Emma Stone, on her first breakup
“You’ve got to value yourself and know that you’re worth everything And until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can’t really have a healthy relationship” —Jennifer Lopez, Glamour
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-40 body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am It is silly, isn’t it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself This was a moment when the maxim ‘You can never love anybody if you are unable to love yourself’ made clear sense And I add, ‘Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself’” –Bell Hooks, All About Love
“You see a lot of people play this blame game Blame, blame, blame You know? And it’s a really easy thing to do, and I’m certainly guilty of it [You have to] look at yourself and go, ‘What part of this do I need to own? Which part of this is my responsibility?’ And that’s the painful work that you have to go through to hopefully get some real-life knowledge out of it” —Reese Witherspoon, Elle
“If someone does not want me, it is not the end of the world But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings” –Nayyirah Waheed, Salt
Moving On Quotes After A Breakup
“Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with” —Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City
“It’s what life handed me, and I’m okay with it I know wholeheartedly that I’m a really good partner I think I’m a really good girlfriend, and I think that I could be a really good wife I know that I love being able to give my love out to someone I know there is somebody great out there for me” —Jennifer Love Hewitt, USA Today
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life” —Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“When I was going through a bit of a heartbreak a little while ago, I said to a friend, ‘Wow, this really hurts!’ And he said to me, ‘That just shows you what your capacity for loving is’ I would rather have my heart broken a thousand times than never to love at all I have so much love to give—I’m not empty of love, I’m full of love” —Cameron Diaz, InStyle
“I’m not sure what the future holds, but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate As my dad said, ‘Nic, it is what it is, it’s not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is’” —Nicole Kidman
“Been through some bad shit, I should be a sad bitch Who woulda thought it’d turn me to a savage?” —Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
“In every one of those situations, as hard—and sometimes embarrassing—as it was, I learned so much about myself Those relationships provided me with lessons that got me to where I am right now For that, I’m grateful” —Halle Berry, 2017 City Summit and Gala
“Grief is love’s souvenir It’s our proof that we once loved Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine I love well Here is my proof that I paid the price” —Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior
“I didn’t know if that was the end of it or know if we’d be back together again, but I knew that wherever I was going, I was on the right pathYou get time to be yourself You get time to grow up I think if you’re growing up attached to another person, you never really get solid as your own being” —Miley Cyrus, Sirius XM Hits 1 radio channel
“There are two quotes that I want to say One is in a Dylan Thomas poem, ‘Do not go gentle into that good night Rage, rage against the dying of the light,’ which is one of my favorite poems, it just strikes a chord in me And also Robert Frost’s ‘The only way out is through’ People have to go through things in order to become the person that they are today, and that’s that” —Sarah Hyland, on The Meredith Vieira Show
I think the thing that I have learned is that a bad love experience is no reason to fear a new love experienceEverybody has bad relationships, and at the end of the day, they are just a great way to set yourself up for a good relationship” —Anne Hathaway, Telegraph
“I definitely feel much more comfortable in my own skin I feel sexier I think in my 20s–it’s like you’re trying too hard to figure everything out…I’m starting to come into my own It’s like a new phase” —Katie Holmes, Elle
My life basically blew up in my face And now I’m in this new life, and it’s pretty awesome, I have to say I’m so inspired Everything just feels new” —Gwen Stefani, to Carson Daly on 971 AMP Radio
“You can allow yourself 72 hours of wallowing time Then you’ve got to get into the gym, stop eating the ice cream, and move on” —Jennifer Love Hewitt
“You and me, we used to be together Everyday togetheralways I really feel that I’m losing my best friend, I can’t believe this could be the end It looks as though you’re letting go, and if it’s real, well I don’t want to know” —No Doubt, “Don’t Speak”
“Here comes goodbye, here comes the last time Here comes the start of every sleepless night, the first of every tear I’m gonna cry Here comes the pain, here comes me wishing things had never changed And she was right here in my arms tonight, but here comes goodbye” —Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye”
“And that’s when I know it’s over As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it’s the end” —This Is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz
“I can’t be in your life, you can’t be in my life I can’t do this anymore I’m done” —Josh to Liza, Younger
