Dwell On The Past Quotes

• Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.

  Robin Sharma

  Encouragement, Past, Problem

  Robin Sharma (2003). “Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”, p.7, Jaico Publishing House

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• If you constantly dwell on the past that's where you end up living.

  Simon Weston

  Past, Ends, Ifs

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.

  Harvey Mackay

  Good Morning, Good Day, Opportunity

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• Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.

  Allegra Huston

  Drama, Past, Important

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• What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?

  Charlotte Bronte

  Past, Brighter

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.256, Penguin

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  Don't dwell on what went wrong.
  Instead, focus on what to do next.
  Spend your energies on moving forward
  toward finding the answer.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Moving On, Letting Go

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• The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.

  Frank Iero

  Running, Moving, Past

  FaceBook post by Frank Iero from Oct 13, 2013

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• Just that dwelling and planning is bullshit, you dwell on the past, you can’t move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you stay stagnant in the same place all your life. Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you’ll get wherever it is you’re going a lot faster and with less bumps in the road along the way.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Memories, Moving, Past

  J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.73, HarperCollins UK

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• People shouldn't dwell on the past. It's enough to try your best in all that you're doing now.

  Aya Kito

  Past, People, Trying

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  You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

  Johnny Cash

  Life, Bullying, Mistake

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Rumi

  Past, Forever, Missing

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• Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning.

  Alan Lightman

  Learning, Past, Islands

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• Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.

  Sara Shepard

  Fun, Past, Thinking

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• When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.

  Erwin McManus

  Life, Dream, Future

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Soul Cravings”, p.113, Thomas Nelson

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• You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.

  Johnny Cash

  Mistake, Failure, Use

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.

  Ronnie Lott

  Past, Persons

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• It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 12 (1997)

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• Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• I don't like to dwell on the past.

  Tina Turner

  Past, House, Songwriting

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• I don't like to dwell on the past. I'm interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I'm trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

  Bobby Fischer

  Past, Thinking, Years

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• I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

  John Cusack

  Past, Trying, Bigs

  "The Best of Awkward Question Time". Interview With Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. December 30, 2010.

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• I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Change, Success

  "Core Values: Apple Founder Steve Jobs". Interview with Brian Williams, www.nbclearn.com. May 25, 2006.

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• Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.

  Allegra Huston

  Spirit, Bigs, Admire

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• I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.

  Natalie Portman

  Jobs, Fun, Mean

  "Inside the Actor's Studio". Interview with James Lipton, New School University, November 21, 2004.

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