Past Quotes
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
I am not where I need to be, but, thank God, I am not where I used to be.
The only thing that makes the present palatable is the fact that the past was, at times, torture.
In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.
Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
Your past is just a story. And once you realise this, it has no power over you.
I think houses live their own lives along a time-stream that's different from the ones upon which their owners float, one that's slower. In a house, especially an old one, the past is closer.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.
...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions.
Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing in our hands, and thereby lose all their true value.
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand.
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives—of approving of some and disapproving of others.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the f
The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be...
The terrible thing is that it's impossible to tear the past out by the roots.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
What our parents tell us when we are small seldom goes ignored, no matter how foolish it may be
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are has probably pervaded all ages.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha?She had shaken her head slowly.Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.
The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.
You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.
Inside the museums, | Infinity goes up on trial | Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.
