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Forget About Your Past And Focus On Your Future

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.
Holly Riordan
March 28, 2017
“The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”
— Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
Tagged: Past, Memories, Pain
“We don't have to be defined by the things we did or didn't do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it's a regret, maybe it's not. It's merely something that happened. Get over it.”
— Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four
Tagged: Past, Regrets, Move On
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
— Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Tagged: Past, strength, Destruction
“You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right.”
— Ann Brashares, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Tagged: Past, Change, Mistakes
“Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change.”
— Colleen Hoover, Slammed: A Novel
Tagged: Past, Regrets, Future
“Fuck the past. This was the present.”
— Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves(The Raven Cycle)
Tagged: Past, present, Move On
“If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.”
— Nicholas Sparks, A Bend in the Road
Tagged: Past, Breakups, Move On
“The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.”
— Barbara Taylor Bradford, Unexpected Blessings
Tagged: Past, Perspective, Future
“Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.”
— Dan Brown, Deception Point
Tagged: Past, Let Go, Move On
“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
Tagged: Past, Stories, Words
“The past is made out of facts... I guess the future is just hope.”
— Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies
Tagged: Past, Facts, Future, Hope
“Our past may explain why we're suffering but we must not use it as an excuse to stay in bondage.”
— Joyce Meyer, Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Tagged: Past, Suffering, excuses
“The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.”
— Susanna Kearsley, Mariana
Tagged: Past, Nuture, Teach, Change, Souls
“Always choose the future over the past.”
— Brian Tracy, Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success
Tagged: Past, Future, Choices
“Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.”
— Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Tagged: Past, resentment, Pain
“You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.”
— Geraldine Brooks, March
Tagged: Past, Move On, Keep Going
“Even the good things from our pasts still only belonged in the past.”
— Cora Carmack, Faking It
Tagged: Past, Happiness, Move On
“The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone. Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to do—the only thing—is run.”
— Lauren Oliver, Delirium
Tagged: Past, Run, Memories
“If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain
Tagged: Past, Imagination, strength
“It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.”
— Dave Pelzer, A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
Tagged: Past, Overcoming, Darkness
“Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?”
— Amy Harmon, A Different Blue
Tagged: Past, Future, Memories
“You can't do anything about the past, it's done and can't be mended. But the future is different, if you just think what you really want and reach out and take it.”
— Lesley Pearse, Trust Me
Tagged: Past, Future, Wants, Goals
“Those who can forget the past are way ahead of the rest of us.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
Tagged: Past, forget, Memories
“Learn from the past, but don’t live in the past.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, The Truth, and Being Free
Tagged: Past, learn, live
“You are not your past. Although you are changed and shaped by past experiences who you were yesterday does not control the person you have the potential to become tomorrow.”
— Sue Augustine, When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back
Tagged: Past, Changes, Potential
“You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here.”
— Sarah Addison Allen, Lost Lake: A Novel
Tagged: Past, Changes, Future
“Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet… it’s so hard to let them go… to forget… to move ahead…”
— Danielle Steel, Zoya
Tagged: Past, present, Let Go
“The past doesn't exist. There is nothing to be sorry for. Today is when we start to live.”
— Ildefonso Falcones, Cathedral of the Sea: A Novel
Tagged: Past, Living, Existence
“She knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.”
— Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
Tagged: Past, beauty, Memories
“People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.”
— Robyn Donald, Tiger, Tiger
Tagged: Past, Future, Aging