Quotes about Past
For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the Circle of Concern. We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result.
- Stephen Covey
Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
- CS Lewis
Remember that lost time does not return.
- Thomas a Kempis
You cannot amputate your history from your destiny, because that is redemption.
- Beth Moore
some of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started.
- Beth Moore
Renewing the mind becomes possible when we remember, record, review, and remind ourselves and God of what He has done in the past, and of our obedience. It is a sure way to solidify your identity in Him, and to mold your mind so it conforms to the mind of Christ.
- Bill Johnson
We stand together as we did two centuries ago, One people under God determined that our future shall be worthy of our past.
- Ronald Reagan
Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.
- St. Anthony of Padua
Many people are reluctant to show mercy because they don't understand the difference between trust and forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past. Trust has to do with future behavior.
- Rick Warren
It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.
- Henry David Thoreau
The great military leaders of the past have gone, their empires have crumbled and burned to ashes. But the empire of Jesus, built solidly and majestically on the foundation of love, is still growing.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The cross, the zenith of history. All of the past pointed to it, and all of the future would depend upon it. It's the great triumph of heaven: God is on the earth. And it is the great tragedy of earth: man has rejected God.
- Max Lucado