Sometimes we all need a gentle reminder that the past is in the past. And to not let it affect the here and now.
Whilst some people believe that you should never look back, others believe that our past experiences can be great fuel for our desired futures.
Either way, the past is in the past. Take what you can from it and if it doesn’t serve you well, then acknowledge that and move on.
Here are 26 powerful quotes to remind you to let go of the past. To take what we need from the experiences, mistakes and memories and to move forward in life.
The Past Quotes
1.
“The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.”
Robert Plant
2.
“The past has no power over the present moment.”
Eckhart Tolle
3.
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
4.
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
John F. Kennedy
5.
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
Buddha
6.
“I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.”
Dwayne Johnson
7.
“The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.”
H. G. Wells
8.
“The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me – and I love to live life at full throttle.”
Janice Dickinson
9.
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
Bill Keane
10.
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
Thomas Jefferson
11.
“Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.”
Robin Sharma
12.
“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.”
Charles Darwin
Quotes About The Past and Future
13.
“I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.”
Jeffrey McDaniel
14.
“Hanging on to resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.”
Ann Landers
15.
“Study the past, if you would divine the future.”
Confucius
16.
“What’s done is done.”
Hilliard MacBeth
17.
“Forgiveness means letting go of the past.”
Gerald Jampolsky
18.
“There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.”
Eckhart Tolle
19.
“The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.”
Stephen Hawking
20.
“I’m looking forward to the future and feeling grateful for the past.”
Mike Rowe
21.
“I use memories, but I will not allow memories to use me.”
Deepak Chopra
22.
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
Mother Theresa
23.
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
Rick Warren
24.
“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.”
George Washington
25.
“The past can’t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”
Alan Moore
26.
“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.”
Unknown
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Maura Griffin
Monday 13th of July 2020
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Maura griffin
Monday 13th of July 2020
Mistakes of the past are the problems for the future .