Saying goodbye is hard to do. That is especially true for the people you love and care about most. How hard and sad it might be, farewells are a chance to move forward and welcome a new chapter of your life. May these saying goodbye quotes help you let go and realize that it's not the end of the world. When someone leaves, someone new will come.
1. “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” – Ritu Ghatourey
2. “Saying goodbye feels hard, for sure, but I am confident that it is a door through which we walk to bring us to another good chapter in our story together.” – Claudia Quigg
3. “You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.” – Cassandra Clare
4. “The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” – Moira Rogers
5. “Two of the greatest predictors of success are the ability to say hello and the ability to say goodbye.” – Robert Braathe
6. “Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” – Disney
7. “Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.” – Jean Paul Richter
8. “I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I've ever had to do.” – Colleen Hoover
9. “It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.” – Angela Ruggiero
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10. “It’s sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye.” – Carrie Underwood
11. “The hardest goodbyes are the ones that were never said and never explained, the ones where the story wasn't over.” – Virginia Brown
12. “Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.” – John Green
13. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” – T. S. Eliot
14. “I did not realize that saying goodbye would be the most difficult thing I had to do in my life.” – Kay Duncan
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15. “Live your life as if you are ready to say goodbye to it at any moment, as if the time left for you were some pleasant surprise.” – Marcus Aurelius
16. “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.” – Leonard Nimoy
17. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic
18. “I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye.” – Judy Sheindlin
19. “It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” – Ernie Harwell
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20. “As you say goodbye to lingering disappointments and unattended grief, you will discover that every person, situation and painful incident comes bearing gifts.” – Debbie Ford
21. “You know it’s love when you have been saying goodbye for how many times but still you’re not ready to leave.” – Anonymous
22. “I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.” – Mahershala Ali
23. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
24. “Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well.” – Cassandra Clare
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25. “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” – Trey Parker
26. “Saying goodbye to close ones is always the hardest.” – Edin Dzeko
27. “It's so hard saying goodbye. It's hard saying good bye to all the things that one has held dear for weeks, months, sometimes years.” – Saqib Saleem
28. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi
29. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “It takes courage to say goodbye. To stare at a thing lost and know it is gone forever. Some tears are iron forged.” – Jay Kristoff
More Farewell Quotes
31. “It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.” – T.C. Boyle
32. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
33. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
34. “Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach
35. “Moving on is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” – Dave Mustaine
36. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” – Robert Southey
37. “Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” – Charles M. Schulz
38. “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn
39. “So for now I say goodbye to this chapter of my life and I look forward to what comes next.” – Brooke Davis
40. “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – George Elio
41. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” – Anatole France
42. “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest
43. “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” – Jonathan Harnisch
44. “Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.” – Dr. Suess
45. “They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” – Confucius
46. “Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when goodbye isn’t what you want.” – Anonymous
47. “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” – Helen Keller
48. “Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.” – Jean Paul Richter
49. “At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Anonymous
50. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
51. “Saying goodbye to the living was hard enough; saying goodbye to the dead was an impossible task.” – Andrew Shaffer
52. “The only time goodbye is painful is when you know you’ll never say hello again.” – Anonymous
53. “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.” – Anonymous
54. “I guess that’s part of growing up, too—saying good-bye to the things you used to love.” – Jenny Han
55. “Even if we can’t be together in the end, I’m glad that you were a part of my life.” – Anonymous
56. “There was something unfinished about not saying farewell, like a door left open in the chill night.” – Julie C. Dao
57. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
58. “If no one called you back when you left a place, then your decision to leave that place was precisely the right thing.” – Anonymous
59. “Saying goodbye is the hardest solution to any problem. But sometimes, it’s the only choice we have.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
60. “I make it easier for people to leave by making them hate me a little.” – Cecelia Ahern
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2. “Saying goodbye feels hard, for sure, but I am confident that it is a door through which we walk to bring us to another good chapter in our story together.” – Claudia Quigg
3. “You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.” – Cassandra Clare
4. “The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” – Moira Rogers
5. “Two of the greatest predictors of success are the ability to say hello and the ability to say goodbye.” – Robert Braathe
6. “Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.” – Disney
7. “Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.” – Jean Paul Richter
8. “I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I've ever had to do.” – Colleen Hoover
9. “It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.” – Angela Ruggiero
11. “The hardest goodbyes are the ones that were never said and never explained, the ones where the story wasn't over.” – Virginia Brown
12. “Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.” – John Green
13. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” – T. S. Eliot
14. “I did not realize that saying goodbye would be the most difficult thing I had to do in my life.” – Kay Duncan
16. “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.” – Leonard Nimoy
17. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic
18. “I think that you're supposed to know when it's time to say goodbye.” – Judy Sheindlin
19. “It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.” – Ernie Harwell
21. “You know it’s love when you have been saying goodbye for how many times but still you’re not ready to leave.” – Anonymous
22. “I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.” – Mahershala Ali
23. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
24. “Every meeting led to a parting, and so it would, as long as life was mortal. In every meeting there was some of the sorrow of parting, but in everything parting there was some of the joy of meeting as well.” – Cassandra Clare
26. “Saying goodbye to close ones is always the hardest.” – Edin Dzeko
27. “It's so hard saying goodbye. It's hard saying good bye to all the things that one has held dear for weeks, months, sometimes years.” – Saqib Saleem
28. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.” – Rumi
29. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “It takes courage to say goodbye. To stare at a thing lost and know it is gone forever. Some tears are iron forged.” – Jay Kristoff
More Farewell Quotes
31. “It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.” – T.C. Boyle
32. “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – A.A. Milne
33. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
34. “Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” – Richard Bach
35. “Moving on is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” – Dave Mustaine
36. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” – Robert Southey
37. “Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say goodbye. I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” – Charles M. Schulz
38. “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” – Flavia Weedn
39. “So for now I say goodbye to this chapter of my life and I look forward to what comes next.” – Brooke Davis
40. “Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.” – George Elio
41. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” – Anatole France
42. “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end, may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest
43. “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” – Jonathan Harnisch
44. “Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.” – Dr. Suess
45. “They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.” – Confucius
46. “Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when goodbye isn’t what you want.” – Anonymous
47. “So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.” – Helen Keller
48. “Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.” – Jean Paul Richter
49. “At some point, you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life.” – Anonymous
50. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
51. “Saying goodbye to the living was hard enough; saying goodbye to the dead was an impossible task.” – Andrew Shaffer
52. “The only time goodbye is painful is when you know you’ll never say hello again.” – Anonymous
53. “Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.” – Anonymous
54. “I guess that’s part of growing up, too—saying good-bye to the things you used to love.” – Jenny Han
55. “Even if we can’t be together in the end, I’m glad that you were a part of my life.” – Anonymous
56. “There was something unfinished about not saying farewell, like a door left open in the chill night.” – Julie C. Dao
57. “You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.” – Kiera Cass
58. “If no one called you back when you left a place, then your decision to leave that place was precisely the right thing.” – Anonymous
59. “Saying goodbye is the hardest solution to any problem. But sometimes, it’s the only choice we have.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
60. “I make it easier for people to leave by making them hate me a little.” – Cecelia Ahern
Share these Quotes about Saying Goodbye with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.