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Quotes about moving on and starting again. This hand-picked collection brings together 21 of the finest moving on quotes ever written — from Christina Rossetti, Dr. Seuss, Jane Austen and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won't happen automatically.

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, you cannot move forward.

Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad.

— Christina Rossetti

Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.

If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Holding on is believing that there's a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future.

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn't depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

— Dr. Seuss

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

— Jane Austen

What's done is done. What's gone is gone. One of life's lessons is always moving on.

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Letting go means to come to the realisation that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are.

Sometimes a broken heart is what gives us the strength to move on.

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

— C. S. Lewis

The past is a stepping stone, not a milestone to rest on forever.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyse you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting. It means choosing happiness over hurt.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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