2. “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” – Gautama Buddha

3. “The hardest part about walking away from someone is when you realize that no matter how slow you go, that someone will never run after you.” – Bethany Megan

4. “If they can walk away from you when you’re in tears, there really is nothing left to do or say.” – Nitya Prakash

5. “If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive—one-sided, dead-end, low vibrational relationship or friendship—you won.” – Lalah Delia

6. “Do not walk on the road of no return.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

7. “You can walk away and say, ‘We don’t need this.’ But something in your eyes says, ‘We can beat this.’” – Taylor Swift

8. “When there is nothing left to say, lift your head up high, smile, and walk away.” – Anonymous

9. “Knowing when to walk away, is wisdom. Being able to is courage. Walking away with grace, and your held head high is dignity.” – Anonymous

10. “It’s better to walk away than to tolerate nonsense.” – Anonymous

11. “I truly loved you, but now I’m walking away.” – Jonny Lang

12. “Walking away takes more strength than retaliation.” – Anonymous

13. “One of the hardest parts of life is deciding whether to walk away or try harder.” – Anonymous

14. “If you start to miss me, remember I didn’t walk away, you let me go.” – Anonymous

15. “Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own.” – Robert Tew

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16. “It’s better to let someone walk away from you than to let them walk all over you.” – Anonymous

17. “Learn to walk away from the arms where you don’t belong before you end up suffocating there.” – Sai Pradeep

18. “There are people who can walk away from you―let them walk. I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. Your destiny is never tied to anybody.” – T.D. Jakes

19. “I am good at walking away. teaches you how to reject.” – Jeanette Winterson

20. “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” – Ernest Hemingway

21. “There are moments when you have to just walk away and cry.” – Lou Angeli

22. “If they don’t chase you when you walk away―keep walking!” – Nitya Prakash

23. “The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.” – Alysia Harris

24. “Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” – Raymond Lindquist

25. “How’d you manage to walk away unscarred? I’m covered in scars.” – Bryan Fuller

26. “Don’t take me for granted because unlike others―I am not afraid to walk away.” – Anonymous

27. “How do you look at someone you love and tell yourself it’s time to walk away?” – The Vow

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

29. “Walking away from the false is the same as heading toward what is true.” – Guy Finley

30. “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

31. “Most of us need something not to walk away from.” – Josh Stern

32. “You don’t walk away if you love someone. You help the person.” – Hillary Clinton

33. “You don’t just walk away from someone when things get tough, you find a way to stick it out and figure out what’s gone wrong.” – Shana Norris

34. “I no longer want to be that person who keeps crying at night so I am more careful this time.” – Anonymous

35. “I just can’t walk away from something I’ve done all my life. It’s part of me.” – Chuck Jordan

36. “Sometimes the hardest part isn’t letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon

37. “Sometimes, when you hold out for everything, you walk away with nothing.” – Ally McBeal

38. “The chains that break you, are the chains that make you. And the chains that make you, are the chains you break.” – Anthony Liccione

39. “I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away.” – Michael K. Simpson

40. “Walk on, yes, but don’t walk away from people who need you.” – Rachel Hartman

41. “The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you.” –

42. “You can turn your back but you can never really walk away.” – Ellen Hopkins

43. “No problem is so formidable that you can’t walk away from it.” – Charles M Schulz

44. “You have to pick the places you don’t walk away from.” – Joan Didion

45. “It’s like you think you are safe or something cause you can just walk away anytime, ‘cause you don’t need her—you don’t need anyone. But the thing you didn’t realize is, you’re wrong.” – Winnie Holzman

46. “Loving someone means you’ll wait for them, but you need to love yourself too, by knowing when to walk away.” – Anonymous

47. “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

48. “The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli

49. “When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” – Alexander Graham Bell

50. “Selfhood begins with a walking away, and love is proved in letting go.” – Cecil Day-Lewis

51. “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Herman Hesse

52. “Life is too short for unreality and you don’t owe anybody anything―especially your time, energy, and attention.” – Oli Anderson

53. “Trust yourself and walk away from situations and people that don’t have your best interest at heart.” – Ben Ruston

54. “One of the most courageous decisions you’ll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul.” – Brigitte Nicole

55. “The moment he makes you feel like he’s done something to benefit you, walk away because it’s what will get you into the most trouble.” – K. Weikel

56. “I’ve often tried to explain it and now realize something can never be explained, nor should you waste your time trying. Just walk away.” – Ellie Borak

57. “It is love that walks away and yet we have terrible mouths and soft milk hands. We worry with like. We walk away like love.” – Anne Sexton

58. “Nothing is wrong if you walk alone.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

59. “I’ll walk away from you because I have to, but I won’t walk away from my daughter. If I do, I’ll never forgive myself. So if there’s any part of you which still loves me, please don’t ask me to.” – Zoe McKnight

60. “There comes a time in your life when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.” – José N. Harris

61. “Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” – Ann Lander

62. “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

63. “When people walk away from you, let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you.” – Anonymous

64. “Sometimes you have to walk away from people, not because you don’t care, but because they don’t.” – Melchor Lim

65. “Don’t be afraid to walk away. It’s better to walk away than being taken for granted.” – Anonymous

66. “As we grow older and wiser, we begin to realize what we need in life and what we need to leave behind. Sometimes walking away is just a step forward.” – Anonymous

67. “When they treat you unkind and attempt to ruin your day, stop, pray and walk away.” – Charmaine J. Forde

68. “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

69. “When trust is broken how can you repair it? Sometimes you just have to walk away.” – Hattie Lou

70. “Never worry what others say when you walk away from all the drama. Be grateful you had the strength and courage to stay out of the conflict and be at peace with your choices.” – Elle Sommer

71. “ Learn to value yourself enough to walk away from the crap in life and never settle for less than you deserve.” – Parul Wadhwa

72. “Have the courage to walk away, those that value you will want you back, and those that do not won’t hold you back.” – Trevor Driggers

73. “If you don’t walk away, you’ll hurt yourself beyond repair. Remember, you’re a precious child of God, deserving to be treated kindly.” – Zenobia Davis

74. “When it’s time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tells me that enough is enough.” – Jerry West

75. “Sometimes a walk is the solution to all our problems!” – Avijeet Das

76. “To save face, it’s better not to ask sex from the ex, but to give everything the axe.” – Anthony Liccione

77. “If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.” – Caroline Myss

78. “To win a negotiation you have to show you’re willing to walk away. And the best way to show you’re willing to walk away is to walk away.” – Matt Nix

79.“Your courage makes me very proud. But there’s some battles you have to walk away from.” – Josh Schwartz

80. “I want her to look upon me, just for a moment. But she never does and I walk away. Sarai, I feel like I should be like Cordelia, sitting next to me wide awake yet unaware of it herself.” – J.A. Redmerski

81. “If a relationship is coming to its end, instead of playing out long and complicated—and potentially hurtful—end games, learn the art of walking away.” – Richard Templar

82. “It wasn’t really necessary to say, especially if you were already walking away. Almost redundant. And yet, there was a comfort in being no question, no room for doubt.” – Sarah Dessen

83. “When the tears are too many and the love is too little when you want to smile but you have to sigh and you’re tired of the lies but your heart can’t handle the truth, that’s when you have to decide if it’s better to stay or just walk away.” – Rashida Rowe

84. “Sometimes it’s best to just walk away, count your loss, say a prayer and go on with your life. Time and forgiveness has a way of healing the pain and hurt that you will undoubtedly feel.” – David Kreger

85. “If you don’t feel good in it, don’t wear it. Because it’ll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.” – L’Wren Scott

86. “Anyone or anything that is negative, you should walk away from. Make room for all the positives.” – Wendy John

87. “Just pick up your courage and walk away. Don’t waste your time. The longer one drags on, the amount of pain accumulates.” – Dick Hirayama

88. “Letting go may sound so simple, but rarely is it a one-time thing. Just keep letting go, until one day it’s gone for good.” – Eleanor Brown

89. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer.” – Denis Waitley

90. “Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that’s more productive.” –

91. “Sometimes you have to smile and pretend everything’s okay. Hold back the tears, and just walk away.” – Anurag Prakash Ray

92. “To let go is to release the images and emotions, the fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” – Jack Kornfield

93. “If you have to force it, leave it. Relationships. Friendships. Yoga poses. Perfect ponytails. Let that shit go.” – Akua Naru

94. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” – Guy Finley

95. “There are people who are always insecure, dissatisfied, and looking for a conflict. Unfortunately, the only way to deal with them is to walk. away cuz the battle they are fighting is not with you or everyone else around them, it is within themselves. Choose peace over being right.” – Nitya Prakash

96. “I turn and I slowly walk away and I don’t look back. It has always been a fault of mine, but it is the way I am. I never look back. Never.” – James Frey

97. “Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.” – Mandy Hale

98. “You only struggle because you’re ready to grow but aren’t willing to let go.” – Drew Gerald

99. “Letting go is hard, but there comes a time when you accept the fact, that you can’t go back to how it was and it’s time to wish them best and walk away.” – Punkinhead Abhishek

100. “Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of incredible change.” – Shannon L. Alder

101. “Goodbye is the absolute hardest thing to say because you have to walk away with just a memory and after a while, that memory fades.” – Sarah Dillon

102. “Sometimes you’ve got to walk away from something’s to walk into better things.” – Temi O’Sola

103. “I know you’ll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you’ll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.” – David Guterson

104. “ It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.” – Meg Cabot

105. “I’m scared of a lot of things. But most of all, I’m scared of walking away and never feeling the rest of my life, the way I feel when I’m with you.” – Anonymous

106. “You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.” – Guy Finley

107. “If you don’t walk away, you’ll hurt yourself beyond repair. Remember, you’re a precious child of God, deserving to be treated kindly.” – Zenobia Davis

108. “Could’ve smiled and walked away easily, just kept wandering around that same point.” – Nitya Prakash

109. “When someone wrongs you, walk away from them and don’t ever look back.” – Rupaul

110. “Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They’ll just walk away.” – Marilyn Suttle

111. “The key principle I have always try to live by is peace. So if it doesn’t bring you joy, and happiness—it will never bring you peace. Just walk away!” – Timothy Pina

112. “Forgiving yourself is the first step, forgetting, well it never goes away. Moving forward and walking with one foot in front of the other does get you somewhere. Just keep walking.” – Shellie Palmer

113. “Some people are not to be blamed but to be walked away from!” – Somya Kedia

114. “Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering.” – Sharon E. Rainey

115. “The only man worth having in your life is one that would never let you walk away.” – Shannon L. Alder

116. “There are aspects of this life of this world from which you can never walk away. Ever. The fact that almost everything you say to almost everyone you love for the rest of your life will be a lie is one of them.” – Ally Carter

117. “Have the courage to do what’s right when everyone else just runs away, for the distance between you and your dreams is merely action. Never hope. Hope will lead you nowhere. The greatest lesson I learned was that those who reach for their dreams walk in stardust.” – Dylan Saccoccio

118. “ Emotional hurt, you gotta let that go. Walk away and let it be. So many highs and lows, but if you keep being down, you’ll never get up.” – Micky Ward

119. “Would you guys choose to walk away from possibly the most incredible encounter of your lifetime just because you had to let it go sooner than you wanted? Just because you knew that it would never be?” – Holly Hood

120. “I’m never going to walk away because I’ll always have a belief that I can improve players and make things better.” – Brendan Rodgers

121. “If I lose, I’ll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.” – Joe Frazier

122. “I do not walk away in the face of adversity and never have.” –

123. “I’ll be any man you want. A king or a beggar or a farmer or a killer. But I’ll never be the man who can let you walk away.” – Kit Rocha

124. “You don’t get to do that, to come into somebody’s life, make them care, and just check out.” – Rich Jepson

125. “You will never see me surrender, never see me cry, but you will often see me walk away. Turn around and just leave, without looking back.” – Charlotte Eriksson

126. “You either trust me or you don’t. I’ve never let you down, and I won’t walk away unless you make me. Period. Now, unless you have a real emergency, I’d like to get back to my vacation. And my corpse, thanks.” – Jeaniene Frost

127. “I never meant to with you. But I did. I felt it the first night I made love to you. I tried to walk away then because I’ve never felt so lost and yet so fucking found as I felt that night looking into your eyes as I moved inside you.” – Samantha Young

128. “That’s what my music does for me. It makes people happy. When I play, I thank the Lord. I’ve never seen someone walk away from a Dick Dale dance not having a good time. That’s what it’s all about.” – Dick Dale

129. “Believe in yourself. Believe you can be happy. Choose faith over doubts; choose love over hate; choose forgiveness over vengeance; choose honesty over deceit; choose positive thoughts over negative, and allow God to take control of things you can’t.” – Terry Mark

130. “When it becomes a deep-rooted revelation of what Jesus Christ did for you at Calvary, you will never walk away!” – Jerry Savelle

131. “The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no foolishness, no evil of heart that the cross can’t defeat and grace can’t transform.” – Paul David Tripp

132. “The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.” – Sheri L. Dew

133. “Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God’s hand for that person.” – Eugene H. Peterson

134. “We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can’t walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.” – Joyce Meyer

135. “I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it’s an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.” – John Hawkes

136. “In the history of humanity, women have never been as oppressed as they are right now. Men can make babies with us and then walk away.” – Laura Schlessinger

137. “The willingness to walk away, above all other factors, does more to tell a woman of your high value than any amount of money can. You must be prepared to follow through and to fully believe that you’ll never see or hear from her again because women instinctively know when you’re faking.” – Roosh V

138. “You can leave a place, you can leave a situation. You can quit a job, move to a different house, forget a thing that has happened, or even give up on a love. But the one thing you can never walk away from is yourself.” – Moxie Mezcal

139. “There are choices in life which you are aware, even as you make them, cannot be undone; choices after which, once made, things will never be the same. There is that moment when you can still walk away, but if you do, you will never know what might have been.” – Alan Bradley

140. “Our freedom can be measured by the numbers of things we can walk away from.” – Vernon Howard

141. “Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.” – John Muir

142. “Victory is like a boxer that hangs his gloves, after the consecutive losses; sometimes walking away is what builds character, than the actual fight. As humble fruit on a tree that falls to the ground and rots, never finding appreciation in the taste of mouths.” – Anthony Liccione

143. “And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American.” – Barack Obama

144. “Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

145. “Have the courage to walk in truth, the strength to love always, and the integrity to never stray away from doing so.” – A.D. Posey

146. “In the absence of real power blood seemed the only alternative though he could walk away, and had to walk away, he could not walk away with impunity. He could never be a mordantly amused or merely interested observer of the beast.” – Thomas Williams

147. “I had only one desire: to leave, to walk, to die, whatever. I wanted to get away, never come back, disappear, melt away into the forest, the clouds, no longer have memories, forget, forget.” – Agota Kristof

148. “When someone walks away from you, it’s not the end of your story, it’s the end of their part in your story.” – Anonymous

149. “Words are pretty, useless things—butterflies behind glass. You may feel warm and bright as you stare at their beauty but you’ll walk away empty and cold, clutching nothing but the painful realization that you never really had anything at all.” – Julie Johnson

150. “We broke so easily. Like it was nothing. Like we were nothing. Does that mean it was never meant to be in the first place? That we were an accident of fate? If we were meant to be, how could we both walk away like that?” – Jenny Han

151. “Any landing you could walk away from was a good landing.” – Ilona Andrews

152. “I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.” – Grace Jones

153. “Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.” – Charlie Korsmo

154. “A song or an album is never really done. You can work on it forever, but knowing when to call it a day and knowing when to walk away from it is extremely important.” –

155. “You will never work through writer’s block if you walk away from your typewriter. That will only make it easier to walk away the next time.” – James N. Frey

156. “I kept going back while I was writing the novel—which never sold, may it rest in peace—and by the time it was finished I had too many connections to Haiti to walk away.” – Ben Fountain

157. “Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.” – Kevin Spacey

158. “If you want to walk fast, walk alone, but if you want to walk far, walk together.” – Ratan Tata

159. “They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.” – Maggie Stiefvater

160. “The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.” –

161. “Your true friend is the one who will never walk away in your time of need. Regardless of the situation, time or location, your true friend will stand by you.” – Ellen J. Barrier

162. “True friends never turn you away when all you need is someone to talk to. Ever. It’s not the only thing that helps, but it’s the only thing that works. Real friends never walk away, letting you slip deeper into the pit of despair.” – Northern Adams

163. “An open Facebook page is simply a psychiatric dry erase board that screams, ‘Look at me. I am insecure. I need your reaction to what I am doing, but you’re not cool enough to be my friend. Therefore, I will just pray you see this because the approval of God is not all I need.’” – Shannon L. Alder

164. “You don’t cruise the Internet looking for your name and walk away with a good feeling. So, I never do it.” – Adam Carolla

165. “I’ve never met a politician I haven’t wanted to walk away from, and I’ve yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.” – Ray Winstone

166.“Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory, and mistake. Collect hope.” – Bryant McGill

167. “‘Where did all the words go?’ I asked. ‘They just wasted away,’ explained.’ like a leg you never walk on.” – Jenny Offill

168. “Don’t be afraid. We’re walking away from death, not toward it. Death is going back.” – Rachel Hartman

169. “You can’t walk away from beauty, but you can destroy it.” – Anthony T. Hincks

170. “To have all your life’s work and to have them along the wall, it’s like walking in with no clothes on. It’s terrible.” – Andrew Wyeth

171. “Every wise man have walked away from the world in his way with the only obstinacy to make it.” – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

172. “Never sit at a table you can’t walk away from.” – Joss Whedon

173. “When you meet someone you care about. It’s just hard to walk away. But what if we’re lucky enough to find that person? We’re supposed to walk away? Doesn’t seem fair.” – Josh Schwartz

174. “Some people feel like they don’t deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.” – Sean Penn

175. “I never want kids to walk away after a school presentation and say, ‘I met a writer today.’ I want them to say, ‘I am a writer.” – Doreen Cronin

176. “Think before you speak. Don’t be an asshole. Show kindness when it’s warranted and walk away when it costs you more than you’re willing to give. Don’t be an ATM that people can take from but never deposit into. Be a depositor. And always, always give your best only to those that deserve it.” – Amber L. Johnson

177. “I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!” – Robert H. Schuller

178. “You walk a fine line when you have a performance at a show just as you do with having celebrities attend a show—you never want the attention to be drawn too far away from the clothing.” – Mia Moretti

179. “But I love stand-up, and it’s where I came from creatively, so it’s something I never want to walk away from.” – Aisha Tyler