I know that in our world staying and sticking together is honorable. And it is quite a few times, but there is no shame in saying, “I’m done”, packing your bags, and leaving. Not everything is worth sticking with. That’s just foolish – to limit our choices because of our beliefs.
It’s okay to let go, it’s okay to not sit and tolerate when you know it’s not worth it. I recently left a job that was truly killing me. It was my first job. Should I have stayed and watched myself disintegrate just because people would judge me? No. I deserve a break. I deserve to do what I really enjoy, and this is it.
So, today I hope that these I’m done quotes will inspire you and validate your feelings. We don’t give up easily, but if it really is not going to get better or you’re done trying, let it go.
I’m Done Quotes
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“I’m tired of pretending I’m not special.”
― Charlie Sheen
“I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.”
― Grandma Moses
“I’m going to be done when I’ve decided that I’m done.”
― David Ortiz
“I got to the point where I was fed up with so many people telling me how and who I was supposed to be.”
― Estelle
“Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.”
― Michael Phelps
“I’m officially done trying. If you want me in your life, you can come find me. Until then, continue treating me like I don’t exist.”
― Quinton Riley
“I’m tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get.”
― Dana Plato
“I get a little tired of people telling me what might have been. I think I’ve done OK. I don’t dwell on what might have been.”
― Ken Griffey Jr.
“I’m done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else – and it’s not me.”
― Geri Halliwell
“I’m done saying ‘I’m sorry I wasn’t who you needed or wanted me to be’ to everybody in my life.”
― Diane Lane
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
“I am so tired of rearranging my life around what the stupidest people might do.”
― Bill Maher
“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.”
― Guy Finley
“You can never be satisfied until you are done playing this game. So I’m just working.”
― Aaron Donald
“I’m done. Done with social media. Done.”
― David Draiman
“I give up.’ That’s the way I am, and that’s the way I always will be. From the day I was born to the day I die, I am a fighter!”
― Ken Shamrock
“I’ve done all my tricks. I’m tired of myself.”
― Sandra Bullock
“You can only do so much grunting and groaning and then you’re done, you know?”
― Craig T. Nelson
“I am done with the past, the future has plenty of room for change.”
― Cyrile Dayao
“We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.”
― Leo F. Buscaglia
“I have never looked back on what I have done. Instead, I am looking for new things to do.”
― Amala Akkineni
“If all there’s left to do is walk away, then baby I’m as gone as yesterday.”
― Ritu Ghatourey
I’m Done Quotes about Choosing Better
“Once upon a time, I could sing for three hours. Now, when you see me say ‘I’m done,’ I’m done; ain’t nothing left till the next night.”
― Bobby Womack
“I’m done with trying to keep people in my life.”
― Jeetu Pal
“I’m naturally a nice person. I’m not trying to have any problems with people. I’m done with the drama and trouble. I want a stress-free life.”
― Action Bronson
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.”
― Mandy Hale
“I definitely am done with as much drama as I can be done with. I don’t think it helps me with any of my business endeavors or the things that I’m excited about.”
― Farrah Abraham
“I am done with temporary people. Stay only if you mean it. Don’t make promises you can’t keep!”
― Kanushka
“I don’t want to say anything derogatory I’m done.”
― Ed Rollins
“I’m so done with people… If you tell me 5+5 equals 11, I’m like, fine.. okay.. It is 11.”
― Sathyarekha Thangavel
“I am done with people saying… Why do you only write on love and I am like… Love is the only drug I am addicted to.”
― Parr Winn
“You don’t have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”
― Jojo Moyes
“It was strange, really. A couple of months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently, I could.”
― Gabrielle Zevin
“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
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”
― C. JoyBell C.
“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.”
― Shannon L. Alder
“If you want to fly in the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.”
― Amit Ray
“I’m done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”
― Ned Vizzini
“Sooner or later we’ve all got to let go of our past.”
― Dan Brown
“I’m done chasing after people. If you want to walk out of my life I’ll hold the door open for you.”
― Hallie
“I’m done with men… I’m going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don’t think I’m made for marriage.”
― Halle Berry
“I still miss you and maybe even still like you, but I’m done chasing you.”
― Anmol Andore
“Life moves on and so should we.”
― Spencer Johnson
“If you want to fly in the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down.”
― Amit Ray
“Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I’m tired of making other people feel good about themselves.”
― Dan Castellaneta
“We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.”
― Deb Caletti
“I’m so tired I never want to wake up again. But I’ve figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that way. It was just me, all along.”
― Maggie Stiefvater
“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”
― Shannon L. Alder
“I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness.”
― Veronica Roth
“Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.”
― Wayne L Misner
“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Girls you’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page.”
― Tori Amos
“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”
― Brigham Young
“Trees still grow after letting dead things go.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker
“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”
― Robert Brault
I’m Done Quotes about Moving On
“You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.”
― Mandy Hale
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
― Sir Edmund Hillary
“Never settle for anything less than what you deserve, it’s not pride, its self-respect.”
― Chanakya
“But part of surviving is being able to move on.”
― Alexandra Bracken
“Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious – it’s like it’s got a mind of its own.”
― Alexei Sayle
“Don’t waste time thinking about them. If they walked away from your love, they don’t deserve your pain.”
― C.L. Brown
“I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.”
― Bruce Lee
“Should’ve, could’ve, would’ve, but you didn’t. So you move on.”
― Dominic Riccitello
“There’s a weird freedom in letting go of what you lost and looking forward to the possibilities the empty space leaves behind.”
― James Lanman
“Sometimes you’ve got to walk away from something’s to walk into better things.”
― Temi O’Sola
“I’m done chasing people, I’m done begging theme to stay, no expectations, no regrets. Broken.”
― Sushmitha Sravanthi
“Don’t settle, even if you have to remain alone for a lifetime. You deserve someone who will appreciate you for both for your beauty and your bruises.”
― A. R. Lucas
“I’m fed up with the idiots.”
― Sean Connery
“Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing.”
― Virginia Woolf
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain
“You are not what you’ve done. You are what you keep doing.”
― Jack Butcher
“You deserve peace, love, happiness and all that your heart desires. Don’t let anyone control your life and take away those things.”
― Sonya Parker
“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde
“I’m done living for other people. I’m done being a people pleaser. I’m done thinking about what people think about me.”
― Shailene Woodley
“There are better people in the world, do not let the worst do the worst to you, you deserve the best in life.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson
“It’s over. I’m done. No more trying.”
― Nicole Tran
“Sometimes giving up is the strong thing. Sometimes to run in the brave thing. Sometimes walking out is the one thing that will find you the right thing.”
― Taylor Swift
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
― Marilyn Monroe
