Your Past Quotes - Page 4

• The mindless junk of your past crowds out opportunities and sets pointless limitations. Move out the junk, and you create room for the rest of your life. Ultimately, it's not just a question of tidying your house; it's a question of liberating your heart.

  Merlin Mann

  Success, Moving, Heart

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• How you see your future is much more important that what has happened in your past.

  Zig Ziglar

  Past, Important, Your Future

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jul 30, 2013

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• You will probably have but a short time to live. Before you launch into eternity, it behooves you to improve the time that may be allowed you in this world: it behooves you most seriously to reflect upon your past conduct; to repent of your evil deeds, to be incessant in prayers to the great and merciful God to forgive your manifold transgressions and sins, to teach you to rely upon the merit and passion of a dear Redeemer.

  Thomas McKean

  Prayer, Passion, Past

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• While you are going through your trial, you can recall your past victories and coul the blessings that you do have with a sure hope of greater ones to allow if you are faithful.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Blessing, Past, Faithful

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• People should learn that you cannot dwell in your past. One who dwells in the past hurts not only himself, but also the people around him.

  Jun Mochizuki

  Hurt, Past, People

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• You can be aware of your past without being it.

  Geneen Roth

  Past, Our Past

  Twitter post from Apr 15, 2014

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• 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

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• 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

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• You are not your past.

  Mitch Albom

  Past

  Twitter post from Feb 16, 2017

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

  Bo Sanchez

  Past, May Not Be Perfect, Purpose

  BO SANCHEZ “You’re Weird: (In a Wonderful Way)”, Shepherds Voice Publications, Inc.

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

  Robert Quillen

  Morning, Past, Wish

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• Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Mean, Responsibility, Past

  Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.17, Macmillan

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• FORGET ABOUT YOUR PAST! MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE!

  Eric Thomas

  Past, Rest Of Your Life, Forget

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• Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused palm, each cracked knuckle is a missed punch or years in a factory.

  Sarah Kay

  Past, Hands, Years

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• Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Stars, Heart, Past

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• The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue moon there is someone who knows it all, someone who knows and accepts you unconditionally, someone who is there for life.

  Jill McCorkle

  Past, Moon, Blue

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• Yesterday you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can.

  Max Lucado

  Past, Yesterday, Reactions

  Max Lucado (1999). “When God Whispers Your Name”, p.85, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Research has shown over and over again that the more you acknowledge your past successes, the more confident you become in taking on and successfully accomplishing new ones.

  Jack Canfield

  Success, Confidence, Self Esteem

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Aug 08, 2013

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• You cannot be to wedded to your past accomplishments.

  Mark Schaefer

  Past, Accomplishment, Our Past

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