Forget About Your Past And Focus On Your Future

“Why don’t you focus on where you’re going and less on where you came from?”

— Amy Harmon, amazon.com

“It was no good to look back, to apologize for what had happened, or to wonder what could have been different.”

— Lily Blake, amazon.com

“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, amazon.com

“Learn from the past, but don’t live in the past.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Always choose the future over the past.”

— Brian Tracy, amazon.com

“If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“The past is gone, even though it defines the present.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

“You can’t change the past, but all of us have the power to change the future.”

— Michael Hyatt, amazon.com

“Time spent looking back in anger is time wasted.”

— Mary Stewart, amazon.com

“Fuck the past. This was the present.”

— Maggie Stiefvater, amazon.com

“Apologies aren't meant to change the past, they are meant to change the future.”

— Kevin Hancock, amazon.com

“Our past is what molds us into the person we are today. It does not define us.”

— Imania Margria, amazon.com

“Live in the NOW. Live life to its fullest. Don’t spend more than 10% of your time learning from the past.”

— Vikrmn, amazon.com

“Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.”

— Francine Rivers, amazon.com

“I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.”

— Richard Paul Evans, amazon.com

“You move forward because you have to. Life doesn't stand still. It makes you move on until you want to move on, you know? It'll run you over if you don't move.”

— Darian Wilk, amazon.com

“Girls, you've gotta know when it's time to turn the page.”

— Tori Amos, amazon.com

“If you're going to make the past your present, be prepared for a lifetime of dust...”

— Lily Graham, amazon.com

“There are some things in the past that… that just aren’t meant to be viewed.”

— Rebecca McNutt, amazon.com

“No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.”

— Jamaica Kincaid, amazon.com

“I don't think much about guys from the past. I'm glad I knew them, but there's a reason they didn't make it into my future.”

— Lorraine Zago Rosenthal, amazon.com

“It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”

— John Guare, amazon.com

“‎I cannot alter the past, but the future is very much in my hands.”

— Mary Simonsen, amazon.com

“I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.”

— Shannon A. Thompson, amazon.com

“Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you.”

— A.J. Darkholme, amazon.com

“People don't get to our ages without having pasts. I'm more interested in the future.”

— Robyn Donald, amazon.com

“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, amazon.com

“The past doesn't exist. There is nothing to be sorry for. Today is when we start to live.”

— Ildefonso Falcones, amazon.com

“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, amazon.com

“You can't change where you came from, but you can change where you go from here.”

— Sarah Addison Allen, amazon.com