Past Quotes

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

Harry S Truman

He who controls the past controls the future.

George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty - Four".

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Jeseph Joubert

This only is denied to God the power to undo the past.

Agathon

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, Loses the past and is dead for the future.

Euripides

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past. I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast.

Bob Dylan, "If you see her, say hello".

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

Buddha

I must not fear. Fear is the mind - Killer. Fear is the little - Death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert, Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, "Dune".

The present is a rope stretched over the past. The secret to walking it is, you never look down.

Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Dr. Dale E. Turne

To break a promise is to deny the reality of the past Therefore it is to deny the hope of a real future....

Ursala Lequin

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Thomas Sowell, Is Reality Optional?, 1993