Quotes about past
past repentance janus
Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
past yield history
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Leopold Von Ranke
past judging office
To history has been assigned the office of judging the past, of instructing the present for the benefit of future ages. To such high offices this work does not aspire. It wants only to show what actually [essentially?] happened (wie es eigentlich gewesen).
past interest
The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it. Leon Redbone
past looks century
One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent? Leon Kass
past iran organization
Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us. Leon Panetta
past focus gone
The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present…yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable. Nicholas Sparks
past safe-haven cant-change
Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.
past rest-of-your-life screw-ups
If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.
past sea balls
The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea. Navjot Singh Sidhu
past goal hostage
Do not let the future be held hostage by the past Neal A. Maxwell
past boxing lasts
We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last. Muhammad Ali
past names decision
What's important to me now is to uphold my good name and achieve a fair court decision - the past cannot be recovered anyway. Mikhail Khodorkovsky
past our-past
Our past is not our potential. Marilyn Ferguson
past fire black-history
[W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us. Martin Luther King, Jr.
past civil-rights excuse
The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.
past america justice
A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past when the ravages persist into the present. America owes a debt of justice which it has only begun to pay.
past examination vices
Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice. Mark Udall
past discipline assuming
Assuming that the future is like the past, you can outperform 80 percent of your fellow investors over the next several decades by investing in an index fund-and doing nothing else. But acquire the discipline to do something even better: become a long-term index fund investor.
past light blink-182
The past is only the future with the lights on Mark Hoppus
past church urban
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. Mark Batterson
past opportunity building
God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.
past thinking healthy
I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.
past imagination breaths
When the past is recaptured by the imagination, breath is put back into life. Marguerite Duras
past far-away
Everything is too far away in the past, or mysteriously too close. Marguerite Yourcenar
past parent advice
We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past. Miguel de Unamuno
past thinking littles
If there is a next life, I hope it's in the past; I don't think the future will be any more handleable. I think it's a little harsh how the END button is red. Ned Vizzini
past opportunity thinking
One of the things that I love to do is travel around the world and look at archaeological sites. Because archaeology gives us an opportunity to study past civilizations, and see where they succeeded and where they failed. Use science to, you know, work backwards and say, 'Well, really, what were they thinking?' Nathan Myhrvold
past idols people
I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me. Naima Adedapo
past europe things-change
If you live in Europe . . . things change . . . but continuity never seems to break. You don't have to throw the past away. Nadine Gordimer
past people immigration
When we have had in the past programs that have said that the people who come here illegally are going to get to stay illegally for the rest of their life. That's going to only encourage more people to come here illegally. Mitt Romney
past enemy president
I understand the anger Americans feel today. In the past, our presidents have channeled that anger and forged it into resolve, into endurance and high purpose, and into the will to defeat the enemies of freedom. Our anger was transformed into energy directed for good. Donald Trump is directing our anger for less than noble purposes.
past differences president
While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama on foreign policy, either foreign policy of the past, or for foreign policy prescriptions.