Nora Roberts Quotes

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.

Transitions are almost always signs of growth, but they can bring feelings of loss. To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.

You have to say no to the old ways before you can begin to find the new yes you need.

You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.

We are continuously living a new life, and when the old and the new do not fit nicely together, the old - no longer able to contain the new - should be discarded.

Life is one big transition.

Sometimes change is good. Although I didn't want to leave.

Everyone is always making transitions in life.

At different times in life, I've felt like it's time to say goodbye from some form of myself that's been hanging around for a while - you just feel this urge to move on, like a herd of antelope. They're just standing there in a field eating grass. You feel like that as a person sometimes. Where's it's just time to move on.

We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.

To honor life, we must be willing to grow through what we don't know yet, and outgrow what we know no longer fits us. We must be willing to give in to the process, moment by moment, realizing a new plot may be unfolding.

Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

We have to discard the past / and, as one builds / floor by floor, window by window, / and the building rises, / so do we keep shedding - first, broken tiles, / then proud doors... and each new day / gleams / like an empty / plate.

A man must shape himself to a new mark directly the old one goes to ground.

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont.

Football, like life, is about change.

Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past

Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.

Change is never a loss - it is change only.

When we believe we are losing control, we grab on tight. When our greatest fear comes upon us, we clench our fist and teeth, close our eyes and hold on. We must learn how to let go. When the time comes for growth and change, we must have the courage and faith to let go. Whatever leaves my life makes room for something better.

Change means the unknown.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make.