Top 69 Dwell On Past Quotes
#1. However, he should not permit himself to dwell on past
Sophia Mason
#2. The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now," but don't dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That's where change can really happen.
Jillian Michaels
#3. The person who is to succeed will never let his mind dwell on past mistakes. He will forgive the past in his life and in the lives of other people. If he makes a mistake he will at once forgive it.
Ernest Holmes
#4. I've discovered that if you want to reach your
true potential, it's much more effective to ignite a new passion for
life than to dwell on past problems.
Neil A. Fiore
#5. Do not dwell on past failures or it will ruin your future.
Audrey Phillips
#6. It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
Tavi Gevinson
#7. When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.
Erwin McManus
#8. People shouldn't dwell on the past. It's enough to try your best in all that you're doing now.
Aya Kito
#9. I don't spend much time regretting the past, once I've taken my lesson from it. I don't dwell on it.
Charlie Munger
#10. Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.
Allegra Huston
#11. Don't dwell on the mistakes of the past while the mistakes of the future are waiting for you
S.E. Sever
#12. I don't have to tell you how pointless it is to dwell on the past, sweet pea.
Molly McLain
#13. I'd never really thought past the whole dying-for-the-sake-of-the-world part of things. When you're alive, you don't dwell on how you're going to spend your time once you're dead. You just figure you're gone, and the rest will pretty much take care of itself.
Kami Garcia
#14. Dont dwell on the past when the future smiles bright and the present is by your side
Karinush2828
#15. Well, it's more like a sentence on life," he said, grinning. "I live by three rules: Don't dwell on the past, present, or future, party hard, and never fall in love. Easy.
Ada Adams
#16. I have to move on now as there is no point to dwell on the past. I have a few days to refocus and get ready for the 200 meters on Friday. After this I have the 4x100-meter and a few other races before the end of the season.
Usain Bolt
#17. Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.
Francine Rivers
#18. If the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future,
Alan Lightman
#19. Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future. Instead, focus only on the task at hand.
Siddhattha Gotama
#20. Oh, you know me, Jules," she answered. "I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can't see where we are going!" Much
R.J. Palacio
#21. you need to make changes in yourself and your environment, don't dwell on your past. You can't change it. Don't worry about your future. You can't control it. Focus on the current moment and what you can do now. 6.
John C. Maxwell
#22. I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.
Michael Chang
#23. We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them.
Lillian Hellman
#24. I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.
Yanni
#25. The pain you endure today will lead to a better tomorrow. Don't dwell so much on the pain but focus on the lessons learned. There in lies your strength to rise above all odds. Your best is yet to come.
Kemi Sogunle
#26. ... dwelling and planning is bullshit," he says. "You dwell on the past, you can't move forward. Spend too much time planning for the future and you just push yourself backwards, or you say stagnant in the same place all your life." His eyes lock on mine. "Live in the moment.
J.A. Redmerski
#27. I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.
Ronnie Lott
#28. Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.
Zarin Mehta
#29. Robert had taught him to keep his thoughts in the present or near future, for as Robert had told him, To dwell in the past is to live in regret.
Raymond E. Feist
#30. Recognize your failures when they happen but don't dwell on them. Instead, focus on the successes you have had in your life. If you've done it once, you can do it again. Build on that. Letting thoughts of past failures creep into your mindset are nothing but dream killing distractions.
Jason Versey
#31. If you worry about the future, and dwell on the past, you can't enjoy the present.
Angie Stanton
#32. Our past can control today and tomorrow only to the degree we allow it. The past should not be a place where we dwell but a place from which we learn all we can and then move on.
Sue Augustine
#33. I do not like to dwell on the past. Life is ahead of us. If we spend too much time looking backward, we can't see where we are going!
R.J. Palacio
#34. I really believe that our past can really hold us back from growth, so the best thing that we can do is MOVE ON and NOT DWELL.
Bob Harper
#35. I cherish the dreams of yesterday and dare not dwell on the err's of my past whose fate has been long decided, and effect I can not change. For the dreams of yesterday are the challenges of today, and the hope for tomorrow.
Mark Twain
#36. Why dwell on the past, when we have yet to write the future
P.A. Henley
#37. If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
Roy Bennett
#38. Don't dwell on the shadows of the past, but move on with your future.
John H. Ames
#39. Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.
Nick Vujicic
#40. You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Johnny Cash
#41. American politicians who dwell on American exceptionalism only dishonor us by suggesting we play dumb to our past.
Jay Parini
#42. First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.
David Jeremiah
#43. I don't like to dwell on the past. I'm interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I'm trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
Bobby Fischer
#44. Do not look back,
No one knows how the world ever began.
Do not fear the future, Nothing lasts forever.
If you dwell on the past or future,
You will miss the moment.
Rumi
#45. What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?
Charlotte Bronte
#46. It is not good for the spirits to dwell on that which cannot be altered.
Amanda Quick
#47. Don't let this anger ruin your life any more than it already has. If you want to every achieve happiness, don't dwell on the past. Instead, start living. What is the point of obsessing that has already happened, and that you cannot change? Live! And be merry.
Kien Nguyen
#48. I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.
John Cusack
#49. By nature, I'm a person who always says that whatever I've done, I could've done better. But I don't dwell on it because I'm waiting for the next time something happens and try to believe that my past experience will have helped to educate me in terms of how I deal with future ones.
David Stern
#50. Don't dwell on the PAST as it is a memory ... But dream for the Future as it is a hope
Blake Hahn
#51. Firmly, Luke put the thought out of his mind. Mourning the loss of a friend and teacher was both fitting and honorable, but to dwell unnecessarily on that loss was to give the past too much power over the present. The
Timothy Zahn
#53. No one can make you dwell on the past.
Control your thoughts and actions! Make your own decisions! Just because someone keeps bringing up your past doesn't mean you have to accept it --- you are not obligated to accommodate their recollections of you.
Michelle Word Hollis
#54. But if you're going to think about your past, rather than dwell on the reasons you shouldn't have done something, remember the reasons you did. I mean, everything we do in life has some element of right and wrong to it.
Karyn Bosnak
#55. I've learned it does not do well to dwell on the past. You cannot change it. you can revisit it, you can remember it, but it simply will not change!
Kim Yannayon
#56. If you constantly dwell on the past that's where you end up living.
Simon Weston
#57. When you look to the past, don't sit and dwell on your regrets. Instead, focus on the things you learned from each experience and how they may enrich your future. Use the past not as something to hold you back, but as a method for reaffirming the drive to move forward on your chosen path.
Jack Davenport
#58. Don't dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!
Lailah Gifty Akita
#60. When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.
Dian Fossey
#61. Life is too short to dwell on the crappy things of the past.
Jayda Skidmore
#62. There are some songs where you're like, 'I really like this song,' and it just didn't work out how you thought it would. That's life. You win some, you lose some. You can't dwell on it. I can't be worried about the past.
Ciara
#63. The future's too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.
Frank Iero
#65. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
#66. Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.
Sara Shepard
#67. To change your life, have a new thought and act on it, don't dwell in the past.
Debasish Mridha
#68. Angela, Angela," Kami said. "We can dwell on the past or we can move into the future!"
"I can hide your body in these piles of boxes. Nobody will ever find it.
Sarah Rees Brennan
#69. I did not want to dwell on my past. These people typically wished to swap stories. I had no desire for commiseration.
Penny Reid
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