Past Quotes Quotes

If the past could be changed, it would not exist. If the future could be stopped, it would not survive. If the present could be avoided, it would not prevail.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and don’t weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The struggles of the past are the gateway to the blessings of the future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

We cannot change the past. We can only take action in the present and, therefore, change the future.

~ Ken Poirot

The past only dies so the future can live.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Forgive those who hurt you yesterday.Reward those who help you today.Remember those who help you tomorrow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Don’t cry over the present, it has no sympathy for you, and I don’t weep the future, it has no mercy on you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be wise enough to learn from the past, shrewd enough to capitalize on the present, and clever enough to prepare for the future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

They know your face, but not your mind.They understand your words, but not your heart.They hear your name, but not your soul.They grasp your past, but not your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The past is your teacher. The present is your opportunity. The future is your reward.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Yesterday says, “Forget me, but learn from me.” Today says, “Embrace me, yet utilize me.”Tomorrow says, “Anticipate me, then prepare for me.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You are better than your past, greater than your present, and brighter than your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Let go of the past, even if it offers you Heaven; embrace the future, even if it offers you Hell.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When your past tries to haunt you tell it you don’t believe in ghosts.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never allow yourself to be defined by your past; ‘yesterday’ is just a word, not a dictionary.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Live for your dreams, not your memories.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Human beings intuitively divide time into the past, the present, and the future. We perceive the past as immutable and fixed, the present as reflecting actuality, and the future as undefined and nebulous. As time passes, the moment that was once was part of the present becomes part of the past; and a moment of the heretofore previously unrealized future arrives and becomes the new present. The past is a record, the present is real, and the future is an imaginary thought.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thank the past for all the lessons it taught you, anticipate the future for all the blessings it has in store for you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are happy with your present time, you will look at your past with happy eyes even if you have had a sad past!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

We lavish more attention onto our past, after its done, than in the making of it. as a result; What is done and Could have been becomes ruthless killers lurking in the darkness of our consciousness.

~ Efrat Cybulkiewicz

Do you know who your grand grand grand grand grand father is? Probably you don’t! If you want to know your very distant past, just look at yourself because you are the accumulated past, you are the ancient river coming from the valleys of the far past!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

The next 15 years are more important than the previous 15. The past is done, learn from it and move on.

~ Adam Kirk Smith

If you are happy with your past, you visit it often; and strangely, if you are unhappy with your past, you visit it often too!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

You cannot carry your past without dropping your future.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo