Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)

Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

Sir William Osler (1849 – 1919)

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

Stephen Ambrose (1936 – 2002)

I don’t think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965), The Moon and Sixpence

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent.

Krishnamurti

The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

Pierre Trudeau (1919 – 2000)

I decided not to let my past rule my future so I decided to change my present in order to open up my future.

Dr. Ana M Guzman

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Dale E. Turner

The past is but the past of a beginning.

H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946)

My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.

Gene Oliver, Life and the Artistry of Change

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quote about leaving the past behind/how hte past can affect the present?
im looking for a short quote about leaving the past behind or how the past can condition your present by a published author or person of distinction but i cant seem to find one.

This saying has a lot of importance as it tell us about how to cope with the ordeals of our pasts and not to hold back what so ever it may be we wish to do in the future fearing our failure in the past. We must always forget about what ever moments we experienced in the past that may stop us from attempting some deeds in the future that may be good to the society. But leaving all of our past behind should not include forgetting how we got to what we are today, or who all helped us to be what we are today etc. Well it would be best if if forget about the moments that bring pain to our minds and strive for a prosperous future…

Your present decisions affects your future in life the most past decisions will affects your present but it’s better to forget about the past and make a better decision in the present so it will be a better future.

i have found this one for you, i not sure if it what you looking for but i hoped it help………Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it and also this one

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)

“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.”

-Henry Ford

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

-Dolly Parton

“The past always looks better than it was because it isn’t here.”

-Finley Peter Dunne

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”

-James Joyce

I hope this helps!! “When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door, that we dont see the one which has been opened for us.”

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.” -Bovee