Past Quotes

Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.

This is not my phrase, but if you’re stuck in the past, then you’re depressed. If you’re stuck in the future, then you’re anxious.

A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.

Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.

To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday’s hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can’t build a monument to past problems and fail forward.

The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.

Too much of what I write takes me back to you.

You are not failing – you’re trying, you’re human, you’re pushing past what you know.

I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.