Past Quotes

And there is no regret, either, in the sense of wishing the past to return, or missing it: it is quite real enough as it is, there at its own date and place.

There is a way to look at the past. Don’t hide from it. It will not catch you – if you don’t repeat it.

To yackety-yak about the past is for me time lost. Every morning I wake up saying, ‘I’m still alive – a miracle.’ And so I keep on pushing.

Once Around the Sun – Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

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

The past should be a springboard not a hammock.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it.

The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.

There is always something rather absurd about the past.