"To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice."
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"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future."
"Her and I, we passed each other, and now she’s in my past. That’s one present I’d like to unwrap in the future."
"We have to know the truth about the past to discover out future."
"that there are many things that we cant understand. the past. the bad things that happened... and we become afraid. of what might happen in the future. its okay to be afraid. but we have to keep hoping and believeing... to keep hoping and trying our best to be good and do good. even when we're afraid"
"My best day ever. Got up. Had breakfast. Came to school. Bored, as usual. Wishing I wasn't there, like usual. Kids ignoring me, suits me fine. Sitting with the other retards—we’re so special. Wasting my time. Yesterday was the same, and it's gone, anyway. Tomorrow may never come. There is only today. This is the best day and the worst day. Actually it's crap."
"The past beats inside me like a second heart."
"Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground."
"It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out."
"The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go."
"Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow."
"Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present."
"If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down."
"My ex-girlfriend was exquisite, while my current girlfriend is merely quisite. The ex always makes the past seem more excellent than the present."
"It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be."
"Faith is about going through hell, coming out with some scars, and becoming a wiser person from the lessons you’ve learned along the way. You must take the scars of your past and appreciate them for what they have taught you. You also have to take the scars, the lessons of your past and not let them control your future…."
"You will never get everything in life but you will get enough."
"The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind."
"We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there."
"The past is made out of facts... I guess the future is just hope."