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Clinging Quotes

On what we hold onto long after we should let go.

These clinging quotes describe the habit of holding onto blame, old wounds, or outdated ideas rather than moving forward. One speaker warns that forgiveness is hard to accept while still Aimlessly nursing grudges.

The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don't need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It's not just an idea, it's reality. We're discovering the hidden orders of the...

Quotes by Adam Savage

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

Quotes by T. D. Jakes

I don't know if it's that my own childhood felt brief, or I grew up too fast, or I was pushing myself too much at a young age, but I do feel like I am clinging to a certain childlike...

Quotes by Shawn Levy

People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history.

Quotes by Robert Kiyosaki

Age Quotes

Hey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter, I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion.

Quotes by Paul Ryan

Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.

Quotes by Nancy Friday

The state of Michigan going to Trump was an amazing thing. Of course the fake news media was shocked; they never considered that white working class residents of Michigan may not like being called evil racists clinging to guns and...

Quotes by Milo Yiannopoulos

At Tencent, we may be businessmen, but we are still chasing our IT, our science. We are still striving to create something really cool, trying to create things we couldn't even imagine without our new technologies. I am still clinging...

Quotes by Ma Huateng

There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.

Quotes by Laura Wasser

Aimless Quotes

As in all of biology, comparative studies showing differences among species are often helpful for a better understanding of the basic mechanisms; with all its advantages, there is a danger of clinging exclusively to one model organism.

Quotes by John Tyler Bonner

I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.

Quotes by John Templeton

Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.

Quotes by Jeanne Calment

We live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which they should be freeing up for their children. Twentysomethings who can't afford to leave home and can't get jobs are...

Quotes by Jane Ridley

My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.

Quotes by Geoffrey Canada

Ale Quotes

I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.

Quotes by Gareth Gates

The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.

Quotes by Clarence Darrow

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow...

Quotes by Charles Morgan

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money....

Quotes by Cate Blanchett

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this...

Buddha

All Religions Quotes

I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.

Quotes by Bill Lawrence

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this collection of clinging quotes about?
This page gathers quotes about clinging to things that hold people back, from blaming a parent to nursing old grudges instead of accepting forgiveness.
Why do people search for clinging quotes?
People look for language describing the difficulty of letting go, whether of blame, hurt, or outdated assumptions. These quotes offer a few grounded, specific examples of that struggle.
What do these quotes say about clinging to blame?
One quote describes blaming a mother as simply a negative way of continuing to cling to her, framing blame itself as a form of attachment rather than genuine independence.
What do these quotes say about clinging to grudges?
Another quote warns that forgiveness cannot be embraced while someone stays busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges, presenting the two as incompatible.
Do any of these quotes apply clinging to ideas rather than people?
Yes; one notes the danger in science of clinging to familiar models even as comparative studies reveal better explanations. See related reflection in our Age quotes.

Another notes the danger scientists face in clinging to familiar models even as new evidence emerges. For more on release and change, see our Age quotes.