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He (Daedalus) would follow that bearing, the sun on his shoulders and the past slipping away. — Robert William Case

I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things. — Tadao Ando

Failing to forgive yourself for certain wrongs you committed in the past can create self-dislike. — Stephen Richards

If you stand with one foot in the past and the other foot in the future, Matt, all you do is piss on the present. — P.J. Parrish

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. — Pope John Paul II

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world. — Dave Pelzer

Cynicism leads to despair, while fixating on the efforts that seemed to work in the past makes an idol out of spiritual states. — Monks Of New Skete

Stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself. — Anne Frank

The time to be judgmental was past on the cross of Jesus Christ ,try to have God's heart of mercy and grace which will leads to salvation. — Wordfaith3

The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations. — Mahatma Gandhi

The quality of a painter depends on the amount of past he carries with him. — Pablo Picasso

You can't change the things you've done. It's now and the here on out you've got control of. — Mindy McGinnis

The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with confidence to the future. — John Kurtz

When I look back at my past and the way I grew up, I grew up on communes. That was meant to be. — Robert Carlyle

The past can't be changed, but the path we choose to move forward on can. — Theresa Sederholt

Declare the past,
diagnose the present,
foretell the future. — Hippocrates

When you live out of your memory, you focus on the past. When you live out of your imagination, you focus on the future. — Stephen R. Covey

That's where all of us are standing now, he thought. On the fat kindling of past sins. — Walter M. Miller Jr.

In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for that man to give her his job. — P. J. O'Rourke

Sadie wondered if his focus on the past helped him escape the here and now. — Valerie Ormond

The tradition of past generations weighs like the Alps on the brains of the living. — Karl Marx

After that, whenever I drove past Mangakahia, I would empty my ashtray - and I was a heavy smoker in those days - on the road outside the hall. — David Lange

If we forget our past, then we lose direction. We become lost on a changing sea, easy prey for the shifting currents of the moment. — John Zanetti

Holding on to the past means you can never be open to having a future — Laurann Dohner

The moment we were in was a hinge - the past swung on one side, the future on the other. — Ramona Ausubel

That's why everyone focuses on the present and future. The past is too painful when you remember how lives end. Often abruptly. — Jodi Meadows

I never get hung up on the past - the memories are too negative. — Brigitte Bardot

I no longer need to carry the burden of the past on my shoulders, so I am free to fully give myself to what God has called me to in the here and now. — Paul David Tripp

When you forgive, you immerse yourself in healing waters. — Stephen Richards

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is. — Donald J. Trump

Our future depends on how we understand the past. — Gustavo Cerati

He could not afford to indulge misery, to live in the past and stumble through life facing backwards. — Jonathan Renshaw

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people ... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. — Ken Blanchard

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal. — Lawrence Lessig

Inside the museums, | Infinity goes up on trial | Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while — Bob Dylan

Remembering what you want about the past, even if it's not entirely true, keeps you from giving up on the present. — Susan Meissner

Forgetting is the precious balm that helps us to travel on, past the depredations of memory. — Jesse Ball

On they went, past the hen houses. These were all mended and painted. They went through a field to the street. It was very strange — Gertrude Chandler Warner

A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now. — Lawrence Lessig

Closing the door on your past, gives you the keys to open the door to your limitless future. — Dr. Eddie M. Connor Jr

We mistakenly believe that who we were is who we are, thus limiting our true potential in the present, based on the limitations of our past. — Hal Elrod

There are no houses to wife. only window seats to occupy when the weather needs changing & waters to flow past our ankles on Sundays as we fish. — Darnell Lamont Walker

What's past is prologue, and the world awaits. — Lisa Mantchev

The dead are past saving. You could miss someone, but it did no good to fixate on loss. — Ann Aguirre

800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed ... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past. — Djemal Pasha

There is no recovery for anyone without lifting the lid on the pain of the past and letting in the light. — Rob Lowe

How much kindness have I shown Him in the past week? Has my life been a good reflection on His reputation? God is saying — Oswald Chambers

I don't think much about guys from the past. I'm glad I knew them, but there's a reason they didn't make it into my future. — Lorraine Zago Rosenthal

Then the heart of Eowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. And suddenly her winter past, and the sun shone on her. — J.R.R. Tolkien

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry. — Jack Dempsey

I really believe that our past can really hold us back from growth, so the best thing that we can do is MOVE ON and NOT DWELL. — Bob Harper

Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it. — Peter Schoomaker

If you insist on being determined by the past that's your game, but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now. — Alan Watts

We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past. — Klaus Schulze

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on. — Leslie Caron

Forget the past. — Nelson Mandela

I want something that is nothing like the past. — Brooke Bida

Judgement is always based on experience and sometimes you will battle a person's history first, before commonsense will ever win the war. — Shannon L. Alder

Dwelling on the sins of the past won't help us stop the evils of the present. — Andrew Mayne

But after a while, you know, I find it better to face in one direction, in front of you, just let the past lay and get on with it, — James Patterson

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. — Andre Maurois

One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless. — Merle Shain

When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present. — Dan Harris

I never save things and I never take pictures. I wanna live in the moment. I don't wanna be focusing on the past. — Angelina Jolie

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on. — George Herbert

Holding on to the past is like groping in the dark room when you have the opportunity to turn on the light. You only stumble, fall and hurt yourself. — Wogu Donald

The bad news is, our past defines us. However, the good news is, our future will someday be a part of that past. — Palle Oswald

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. — Lou Reed

It is children only who enjoy the present; their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future. — Nicolas Chamfort

Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before. — Art Buchwald

Don't dwell on the PAST as it is a memory ... But dream for the Future as it is a hope — Blake Hahn

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future. — Julius Sterling Morton

Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink. — Nick Flynn

Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside. — Robert Greene

I sometimes use music as way of getting back to a certain time, dredging up stuff from the past and putting it down on canvas. — Danny Fox

The memory of the past did not redeem the future, as he insisted on believing. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future! — Philippe Kahn

You are hatching from the past. — Simon Van Booy

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future. — Peter Benchley

Don't you be thinking,' she says, 'on things that are done and can't be changed. All right, dear girl? You think of the time to come. — Sarah Waters

Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. — Vladimir Nabokov

Let the pain of past not ruin the happiness of present and dreams of future. Move on. — Vikrmn

Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past. — Sophocles

While the past is the past, it often affects our decisions later on in life. — K.A. Robinson

All the resentment that lies in your heart is simply causing damage to you mostly. — Stephen Richards

I have spent the past several years working so hard to just move on, and to try and build a life for myself. — Monica Lewinsky

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table. — Lisa Wingate

He had always despised people who thought about the past. To live was to leave behind; to be as free as a shipwrecked man who has lost everything. — Graham Greene

I drive past the Mad Men billboard every day and I can't believe I'm on that show. — Jessica Pare

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past. — Mark McKinnon

I'm not particularly fond of the past, but I do ramble on about it quite a bit. — Kevin Whately

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past. — Paul Ryan

I don't like to dwell on the past. — Tina Turner

We invent what we need to get us by, but in doing so we are really continuing to hold on to the pain of yesterday. — Stephen Richards

Don't hang on to the past so tightly that you taint the future. — Katherine Reay

The present defines the future. The future builds on the foundation of the past. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Ludlow put a hand on his arm. A friend of mine used to say, 'You cannot change the past, but every moment is an opportunity to change your future. — F.E. Higgins

When the past is hard to explain, it's best to concentrate on the future. — Nell Zink

Even if you've had a negative effect on others in the past, you can turn that around and make your impact a positive one. — John C. Maxwell