The Past Quotes
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.
Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Never tripping off the past, I would rather never mind 'em/'Cause only fools trip over something that be behind 'em
We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.
If you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you're going to come up short next time
Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future.
The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.
Our children may learn about heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves architects of the future.
Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.
Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.
Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.
Do not look back, No one knows how the world ever began. Do not fear the future, Nothing lasts forever. If you dwell on the past or future, You will miss the moment.
The only person with whom you have to compare ourselves, is that you in the past. And the only per-son better you should be, this is who you are now.
Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself.
The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can't neither guess the future, neither change the past.
J. Edgar Hoover: When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed. We must never forget our history.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.
Evil can also be beautiful. The Coliseum in Rome, for example, a wonderful structure with an awful past. Just think about the bloody gladiator fights there.
I have no intention of retaliating or looking backwards. We are going to forget the past and look forward to the future.
The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.
I'm more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live.
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.
Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.
The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
