quotes about moving on and letting go after a breakup

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. ~Abraham Lincoln



Just because you make mistakes doesn't mean you are one. ~Author Unknown



History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs; priviledging him with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniences thereof. ~Thomas Fuller



It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one. ~Chuck Tanner



Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is a sport. Sport is when individuals or teams compete against each other under equal circumstances to determine who is better at a given game or endeavor. Hunting will be a sport when deer, elk, bears, and ducks are... given 12-gauge shotguns. Bet we'd see a lot fewer drunk yahoos (live ones, anyway) in the woods if that happened. ~R. Lerner, letter, Sierra, March-April 1991



Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ~Faith Baldwin



If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters. ~Alan Simpson



Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee. ~Stephanie Piro



Chasing the past, I stumbled into the future. ~T.A. Sachs



For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~Martin Luther



The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. ~Elaine Agather



To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. ~John Burroughs



Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage. ~Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly



You can tell a child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he is going. ~Author Unknown



The best fertilizer is the gardener's shadow. ~Author Unknown



God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. ~Garrison Keillor



Faith is like radar that sees through the fog. ~Corrie Ten Boom, Tramp for the Lord



Few women care what a man looks like, and a good thing too. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



Source: a firsthand document or primary reference work.



Faith... must be enforced by reason.... When faith becomes blind it dies. ~Mahatma Gandhi