My Past Quotes

• I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Love, Sad, Past

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• Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.

  Ogden Nash

  Goodbye, Lying, Kids

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• I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Break Up, Breakup

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 20, 2016

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• In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Moving On, Letting Go, Moving Forward

  "How I Learned To Let Go Of The Life I Thought I Would Be Living" by Brittany Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2015.

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  Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Broken Heart, Forgiveness, Heartbroken

  "Healing by Degrees" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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• Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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• All of my past challenges have helped me become who I am today.

  Demi Lovato

  Past, Who I Am, Challenges

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• Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.

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• We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

  E. M. Forster

  Break Up, Letting Go, Breakup

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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  Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

  George Santayana

  Past, Infancy Is, History

  "The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress", Vol. I, Reason in Common Sense by George Santayana, 1905-1906.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.517, Best Books on

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• Don't judge me by my past. I don't live there anymore

  Zig Ziglar

  Past, Judging, Don't Judge Me

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• The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

  L.P. Hartley

  Country, Memories, Future

  "The Go-Between". Book by L.P. Hartley, 1953.

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.

  Michael Connelly

  Moving On, Heartbreak, Letting Go

  Michael Connelly (2008). “The Brass Verdict”

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• Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

  Ann Landers

  Moving On, Forgiveness, Letting Go

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• I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life And Love, Party, Future

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.

  Alyson Noel

  Motivational, Change, Moving On

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.217, Pan Macmillan

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• The best way to predict the future is to create it.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.

  Dan Brown

  Inspirational, Moving On, Letting Go

  Dan Brown (2006). “Deception Point”, p.645, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Forgiveness, Memories, Healing

  "Healing by Degrees" by Jean-Paul Bedard, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2014.

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• Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Letting Go, Heartbroken, Wisdom

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• Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.

  James W. Loewen

  Past, Infancy Is, History

  James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.16, The New Press

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• Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?

  Leo Buscaglia

  Moving On, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

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