Quotes about the Past

The past is not a package one can lay away. Emily Dickinson

The one charm of the past is that it is the past. Oscar Wilde

Bring the past only if you are going to build from it. Doménico Cieri Estrada

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir

We need not destroy the past. It is gone. John Cage

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed. Wayne Dyer

In this bright future you can't forget your past. Bob Marley

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past. George Carlin

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. Theodore Roosevelt

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories. Steven Wright