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A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future. — Bruce Barton

The past and the present coagulate into something that makes sense to him. — Dominic Smith

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

I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future. — Alan Dundes

Face the past without regret, the future without fear, and live in the present with gratitude. — Frank Hall

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future — Maxim Gorky

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

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future. — Denis Waitley

Photographs are facts, but not necessarily true ... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today. — Ai Weiwei

The good news is that you may have created my past and screwed up my present, but you havce no control over my future. You don't know me at all. — David Klass

Moneo has discovered it is pointless to live in the past, impossible to live in the future, and difficult to live in the present. — Frank Herbert

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

I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future. — Willie Dixon

The past and future are what's complicated. It's the present that's simple. — David Levithan

To be born again is to let the past go, and look without condemnation upon the present. — Wayne Dyer

For when we read, don't we summon the past into the present? Hold out our hand and invite an author to sit with us for a time? — Ari Berk

If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future. — Winston S. Churchill

An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present's tiny point. — Mahmud Shabistari

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

The great eventful Present hides the Past; but through the din Of its loud life hints and echoes from the life behind steal in. — John Greenleaf Whittier

The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free. — John F. Kennedy

The past would always be part of the present, but at least that was true for both sides: the good and the bad. — Aleksandr Voinov

From your past emerges the present, and from the present is born your future. — Muhammad Iqbal

The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever. — Friedrich Schiller

Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music. — Giuseppe Verdi

To bask in the present, care nothing about the future, and forget the past. — R.A. Salvatore

It's entirely possible that the notion of what is the past, what is the present and what is the future, could change. — Carlton Cuse

Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future. — Bill Crawford

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding — Will Durant

The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future. — John Kuypers

There are three fashion periods: the past, the present and Mae West. — Edith Head

The ultimate in wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past. — Jacob Braude

But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future. — Seneca.

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. — Marcus Aurelius

For basic survival, as for evolution, we have to accept the past as the creator of the present, influence the future, and act in the present. — Daniel Egger

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future. — Benjamin Cardozo

The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback. — Alain Resnais

Only by being present can you be happy. Too much attention to the past and the future takes the now away. And once it's gone, you never get it back. — Katherine Howe

Regret is bringing the bad past to a good present. And nobody wants a bad present — Zion Phoenix

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible. — Maya Angelou

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love, and the future to God's providence. — Augustine Of Hippo

The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind, those of the past and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind. — Thomas Hobbes

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim. — Blaise Pascal

He has learned that it is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. — Frank Herbert

Among the things Billy Pilgrim could not change were the past, present, and future. — Kurt Vonnegut

Memories are painful and beautiful; wisdom is wonderful. When I am living in the present moment, I use wisdom and enjoy the memories of the past. — Debasish Mridha

Put the past behind you and the future ahead where they belong and spend your time in the present with the rest of us. — Terry Brooks

It was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you. — Louise Penny

The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children. — Elif Shafak

But I can't erase the past, only learn from it. It's ok. Applying what I know makes the present and the future a beautiful place to be. — Kamal Ravikant

We will never move out of the present and into the future with all God has planned for us if we cling to dwell in the past. — Sue Augustine

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future; — Nellie L. McClung

There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now. — Eugene O'Neill

The past above, the future below
and the present pouring down: the roar,
the roar of the present, a speech
is, of necessity, my sole concern. — William Carlos Williams

To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult. — Lin Yutang

Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed. — R.D. Ronald

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

A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. — George Santayana

The past is not lost. An image from years ago remained present somewhere in the fourth dimension and it reached you just in that moment. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

[T]he historian must serve two masters, the past and the present. — Fritz Stern

Learn from your past, use the possibilities of the present moment, and let the future open the doors of opportunity. — Debasish Mridha

The only time is Now. All other times - past, present, and parallel - can be accessed in this moment of Now, and may be changed for the better. — Robert Moss

Much of the conversation in the country consisted of lines from television shows, both past and present. — Kurt Vonnegut

Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present. — Billy Corgan

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

There was no cure for the human condition because every man read the present and plotted the future in the light of his own past. — Morris West

Forget the past and live the present hour. — Sarah Knowles Bolton

The past is the key to the present and an ice core is a door to that past. — James W. Mercer

Happy is the person who cherishes the precious lessons of the past and lives vigorously in the present. — Jerome Hines

The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. — Geoffrey Elton

The past is a closed door, the present is an open one, and the future is an approaching one. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters. — James Anthony Froude

Forget the past and live in the present hour. Now is the time to work, the time to fill The soul with noblest thoughts, the time to will. — Sarah Knowles Bolton

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present. — Swami Vivekananda

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

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. — Edward W. Said

You don't rewrite it, censor it, or edit it, to suit some warped view you have of the past and your own present. — V.T. Davy

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

Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself. — Gloria Steinem

The memory of the pain did not destroy the reality of the pleasure; grief did not obliterate joy. — Orson Scott Card

The past is history, the future's a mystery. — James Toback

In this difficult era the most valuable commodity is the unfailing turn of the hours and how they retrieve for us the known harbor of yesterday. — Chang-rae Lee

Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny. — Carlos Slim

Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true. — Sathya Sai Baba

Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life. — Edward R. Murrow

Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past. — Harry Browne

We don't have to relive the sad and bad memories of Christmas Past. We can create new Christmas memories in the present for the future. — Tom North

The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment — Gautama Buddha

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future. — Gottfried Leibniz

Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future. — George Orwell

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself. — Knute Rockne

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

There was only present, and it was infinite. The past and the future were just blinders we wore so that infinity wouldn't drive us mad. — Laini Taylor

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are. — Ken Burns

Let's say your past is your present and your present is your cash, So I look forward to the future. — Young Jeezy

Appreciate the lessons of the past and enjoy the newness of the future, yet remember the present is today. — Annette Thomas

Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present. — George Eliot

The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. — Ross Macdonald