Past Quotes

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.

Judging from the past, we may safely infer that not one living species will transmit its unaltered likeness to a distant futurity.

The social revolution...cannot draw its poetry from the past, but only from the future. It cannot begin with itself before it has stripped itself of all superstitions concerning the past.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.

The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, however persistent.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future.

Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences. But if you have the same experiences as everyone else, you are unlikely to look in a different direction.