Past Present Future Quotes - Page 2

• The best possible preparation for the future is a well lived present.

  George H. Brimhall

  Life, Future, Preparation

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• I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.

  William Blake

  Past, Past Present, Present Future

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.159, Univ of California Press

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• There is nothing God doesn't know about your life. You may know the past and present, but God also knows the future. Choose today to walk securely - not in what you know, but in what you believe.

  David Jeremiah

  God, Christian, Religious

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• The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

  Bill Watterson

  Funny, Humorous, Future

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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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• 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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• The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

  Maya Angelou

  Past, Doe

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 20, 2011

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• The future is always beginning now.

  Mark Strand

  Love, Marriage, Letting Go

  Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.62, Knopf

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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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• The circle is a reminder that each moment is not just the present, but is inclusive of our gratitude to the past and our responsibility to the future.

  Kazuaki Tanahashi

  Gratitude, Future, Responsibility

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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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• Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Embrace your true spirit, embrace and listen to grace and you be transformed in the moment. Do not fixate on what you want but give thanks for what you have.

  Caroline Myss

  Life, Thankful, Letting Go

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• The time is now, the place is here. Stay in the present. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.

  Dan Millman

  Change, Hope, Time

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• In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.

  Julia Cameron

  Inspirational, Life, Pain

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.82, Souvenir Press

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• Has it ever struck you ... that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going? It’s really all memory ... except for each passing moment.

  Eric Kandel

  Inspirational, Life, Time

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• Regardless of your past, your tomorrow is a clean slate.

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Future, Past

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 25, 2014

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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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• I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

  William Allen White

  Positive, Encouraging, Time

  "Vice President Joe Biden's Commencement speech at WFU". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 21, 2009.

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• Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

  Melody Beattie

  Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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• Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Past, Chocolate, Vanilla

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• We can never know what might have been but what is to come is another matter entirely

  C. S. Lewis

  Meaningful, Future, Past

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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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• If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Anxiety Depression, Living In The Past

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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