“It is your belief that you are being held back that holds you back.”

“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”

“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way? Do it!”

“You could hold her tight with all your might but she'd slip through your arms like the wind and be back in flight back into the night where you might never see her again.”

“It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are
not.”

“Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.”

“… When I get you back, I’m gonna put that necklace back around your neck and pin you.” He tries to hold my eyes with his own. 'Like the 1950s.”

“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”

“If I hold you any closer I'll be in back of you!”

“Do you know what happens when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, your dog back and your job back.”