Past Present And Future Quotes

• Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.

  Gail Buckley

  Family, Past, Mirrors

  "Books of the Times" by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, www.nytimes.com. 1986.

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

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

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• We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

  Robin Sharma

  Life, Positive, Time

  Robin Sharma (2016). “The Robin Sharma Pack”, p.214, Jaico Publishing House

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• The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

  Abraham Maslow

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

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• He who controls the past controls the future.

  Laozi

  Future, Past, Political Language

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• Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

  George Orwell

  Dream, Time, Peace

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 3 (1949) See Orwell 19

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• The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 30, 2017

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• The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Procrastination, Garden

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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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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• I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

  Alan Watts

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

  Oscar Wilde

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Heartbroken

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.32, Courier Corporation

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• Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Cute, Positive, Leadership

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• I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Love, Inspirational, Graduation

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.53, Cambridge University Press

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• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Weekly Meditations for Healthy Sex (Jan. 25-31)" by Alexandra Katehakis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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 distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

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• You can never plan the future by the past.

  Edmund Burke

  Time, Smart, Inspiration

  'Letter to a Member of the National Assembly' (1791) p. 73

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• Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fear, Future, Adventure

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book VII, (8), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Gratitude, Lying

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  Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

  Edna Ferber

  Lonely, Past, People

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  One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Motivational

  "Science, Philosophy, and Religion" (1940).

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• The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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