Your Past Quotes - Page 3

• Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny.

  Michelle Obama

  Hurt, Past, Destiny

  229 Copy quote

• You can't change your past but you can change you destiny but deciding for Christ.

  Billy Graham

  Past, Destiny, Choices

  7 Copy quote

• No matter how painful your past has been, you have made it through.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Past, Matter, Painful

  5 Copy quote

• If your doctor has warned you to avoid excitement, do not turn to exploring your past lives as a soothing and sedentary occupation.

  Herbie Brennan

  Healing, Past, Doctors

  4 Copy quote

• That's my sole purpose in life is to sit here today and tell you that you can do this, in any life. You can do this in one of your past lives, in a future life, or right now. I prefer now.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Past, Purpose

  4 Copy quote

• Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.

  Robert Greene

  War, Past, Battle

  Robert Greene (2010). “The 33 Strategies Of War”, p.18, Profile Books

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Buddhists believe that you are who you are today is because of who you have been in all your past lives.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Believe, Past

  Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

  Sai Baba

  Inspirational, Future, Past

  80 Copy quote

• Treat your past as a book that you learn from instead of a hammer that you beat yourself up about.

  Bill Whittle

  Book, Past, Hammers

  50 Copy quote

• Life is like a piece of string with a lot of knots tied in it. The knots are the karma you're born with from all your past lives, and the object of human life is to try and undo all those knots. That's what chanting and meditation in God consciousness can do. Otherwise you simply tie another ten knots each time you try to undo one knot. That's how karma works.

  George Harrison

  Karma, Past, Ties

  8 Copy quote

• You know the worst: your wills are fickle,
  Your values blurred, your hearts impure
  And your past life a ruined church--
  But let your poison be your cure.

  Louis MacNeice

  Suicide, Heart, Past

  Louis MacNeice (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.3, Faber & Faber

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 14, 2014

  64 Copy quote

  Show source

• Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don’t become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don’t remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on.

  Les Brown

  Mistake, Moving, Past

  16 Copy quote

• Assuredly, Loving Souls, you should go to God with all humility and respect, humbling yourselves in His presence, especially when you remember your past ingratitude and sins.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Humility, Past, Soul

  St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “How to Converse with God”, p.7, TAN Books

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.

  Richey Edwards

  Past, Important, Contradiction

  33 Copy quote

• You think you might know something about yourself or why you act or react in certain ways and then you come to new information and suddenly you see your past and your present in a completely different light.

  A Fine Frenzy

  Past, Thinking, Different

  6 Copy quote

• Some things can’t be ignored. You can only conquer your past if you choose to face it.

  Linda Wisdom

  Past, Faces, Ignored

  Linda Wisdom (2008). “50 Ways to Hex Your Lover”, p.124, Sourcebooks, Inc.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Why wish for the privilege of living your past life again? You begin a new one every morning

  Robert Quillen

  Morning, Past, Wish

  5 Copy quote

• Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.

  James Stephens

  Past, Men, Beloved

  James Stephens (2015). “Irish Fairy Tales”, p.8, Booklassic

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way.

  Mitch Albom

  Mother, Past, Years

  Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.103, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Pain, Struggle, Unique

  16 Copy quote

• But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.

  Sarah Dessen

  Past, Chance, This Life

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “Just Listen: A Novel”, Viking Childrens Books

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become... You are not your past!

  Mitch Albom

  Past, Trying, Persons

  6 Copy quote

• So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.

  Alan Moore

  Past, Train Of Thought, Finding Yourself

  "Batman: The Killing Joke". Book by Alan Moore, 1988.

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• One of the most dynamic and significant changes you can make in your life is to make the commitment to drop all negative references to your past, to begin living now.

  Richard Carlson

  Commitment, Past, Significant Change

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life”, Hyperion Books

  6 Copy quote

  Show source