Learn From The Past Quotes

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  Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

  William Wordsworth

  Life, Future, Past

  Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions, www.gov.uk. June 30, 2010.

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• The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Running, Hurt

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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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• Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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• Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Past, Chains That Bind

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from May 11, 2013

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• Learn from yesterday, live for today.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, New Year, Hope

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• The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

  Henry Ford

  Leadership, Education, Wise

  "The Secret of Staying in Love". Book by John Powell, p. 85, 1990.

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• Never erase your past. It shapes who you are today and will help you to be the person you'll be tomorrow.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Past, Today, Shapes

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• Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Past, Insightful

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• What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

  Warren Buffett

  Learning, People, History

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• Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes.

  Harvey Mackay

  Mistake, Past, Experience

  "INSTANT MBA: Make Every Day A Clean Slate" by Jhaneel Lockhart, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2012.

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• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

  Tryon Edwards

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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• You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Christian, Moving, Past

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• Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future,and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement

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• It is not "forgive and forget" as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but "forgive and go forward," building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.

  Alan Paton

  Moving On, Forgiveness, Mistake

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• We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

  Rick Warren

  Change, Past, Growth

  Twitter post from Oct 15, 2010

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• Examine the present and learn from the past to see how the future will unfold. Too often we just look at the present and base our actions solely on that.

  Shinjo Ito

  Future, Past, Looks

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  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

  Alvin Toffler

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  "Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, dies aged 87". www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2016.

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• Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, New Day

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• Don't stumble over something behind you.

  Seneca the Younger

  Motivational, Wisdom, Inspiration

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• It seems to me that the dedication of a library is an act of faith. To bring together the resources of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. it must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Believe, Past, Men

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