“If we take the time to unravel the surreptitious fragments from the past that are veiled in the muddle and jumble of our memory, we may single out the essentials for the present that might be best shots for the future. (Never looking back again , )”
“The Past is dead but the Future is immortal; but only the Present determines both.”
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
“The past is never where you think you left it.”
“The past is never dead. It s not even past.”
“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
“My past is everything I failed to be.”
“The past can t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.”
“My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.”
“You’re just another story I can’t tell anymore.”
“Sooner or later we ve all got to let go of our past.”
“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”
“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.”
“Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.”
“With each passing moment I m becoming part of the past. There is no future for me, just the past steadily accumulating.”
“I had my chance. He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”