Looking for inspirational quotes about forgetting the past? We have rounded up the best collection of forget the past quotes, sayings, captions, status messages, (with images and pictures) to inspire you to learn lessons from your past mistakes but focus in the present and move forward in life with more wisdom and experience.
As human beings we all have a past where we have some good or bad memories. But the best one can do is to release the past, stick to our present and have a good plan for our future. By you letting go of our painful memories related to work, relationships and life in general, we open doorstep to our future.
There is no point of remembering our disappointments, our failures and hurt in the past because it will not let us progress in our life. So it is better to accept the reality and forget about those difficult times and move on with the lessons learned.
It’s never too late to start a new journey. To stay happy and contented in life, you just need to live in the moment and live life to the fullest.
Forgetting the past does not mean that you have to forget the past completely, it means to learn from your past and forget the things that bothers you and gives you stress.
These famous forget the past quotes will inspire you to take your lesson in each phase of life and never give up. Learn from the experience and let of your bad past and see towards your bright future.
Forget The Past Quotes
1. “Don’t let your past kill your future.”
2. “Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about.” – George Allen, Sr.
3. “The past. It’s done. Move on.”
4. “Forget the past and let’s make our future.”
5. “I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone. N. R.” – Narayana Murthy
6. “Forget the past.” – Nelson Mandela
7. “The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.”
8. “Those who cannot repeat the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
9. “The past cannot be cured.” – Elizabeth
10. “Accept reality, forget the past, believe in future.”
11. “Forget the past. Save the future.”- Tim Kring
12. “True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.”- Winnie Mandela
13. “Move forward, don’t look back, just forget the past.”
14. “Forget your past, forgive yourself and begin again.”
15. “To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.” – Charles J. Givens
16. “Heal the past, live the present, dream the future.”
17. “We need not destroy the past. It is gone.” – John Cage
18. “The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.”
19. “You can never plan the future by the past.”
20. “Forget the past, there’s a reason. It’s not coming back.”
21. “The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn’t be in flashback.” – Alain Resnais
22. “Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you.”
23. “Moving on isn’t forgetting the past, it’s learning from it.”
24. “There’s no future for people who worship the future, and forget the past.”- Tetsurô Sayama
25. “Do not let your shadow walk you. You are not a slave of the past.”
26. “I find life is easier if I can forget the past.”- Nicholas Boxer
27. “People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t.”- Christopher Paolini
28. “The longer you live in the past, the less future you have to enjoy.”
29. “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”- Oscar Wilde
30. “Forget the past. No one becomes successful in the past.”
31. “You can’t let your past hold your future hostage.” – LL Cool J
32. “Release the past, capture the present and embrace the future.”
33. “The past is past; what’s gone on has gone on.” – David Furnish
34. “The best way to forget the past is to build new memories.”
35. “Create your future from your future not your past.” – Werner Erhard
36. “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.”
37. “The past can’t hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.” – Alan Moore
38. “Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.”
39. “Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
40. “You can’t master your future if you’re a slave to your past.”
41. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”- Cherokee Indian Proverb
42. “Let your past go. Never think too much about it and learn to concentrate on your future.”
43. “The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it.” – Terry Eagleton
44. “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” – Andre Maurois
45. “Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.” – Robert A. M. Stern
46. “Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present.”
47. “There’s no future in spending our present worrying about our past.” – Tom Wilson
48. “The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings.”
49. “Let’s forget the baggage’s of the past and make a new beginning.” – Shahbaz Sharif
QUOTES ABOUT FORGETTING THE PAST AND MOVING FORWARD
50. “Do not let the shadows of your past darken the doorstep of your future. Forgive and forget.”
51. “You can’t dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That’s it.” – Caroline Wozniacki
52. “If someone in your life makes you to forget your past, then that someone is probably your future.”
53. “We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.” – Nick Park
54. “You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.”
55. “Everybody’s got a past. The past does not equal the future unless you live there.”- Tony Robbins
56. “If you carry the bricks from your past relationship, you will end up building the same house.”
57. “You can’t go back and change the past, so look to the future and don’t make the same mistake twice.”
58. “He’s going to be sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past, forget the pain and remember what an incredible women you are.”
59. “By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.” – Jack Dempsey
60. “Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.”
61. “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”- George Orwell
62. “Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead – that is where your future lies.” – Ann Landers
63. “I feel like I’ve started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.” – Jennifer Capriati
64. “Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.”
65. “Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.”- Phillips Brooks
66. “The distinction between the past, present and future is only a subbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein
67. “You must forget the past. Despite who you are now, you will also become something more.”- Denis Dyack
68. “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.”
69. “When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.” – Bernard Meltzer
70. “One day you’ll meet someone who doesn’t care about your past because they want to be with you in your future.”
71. “No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let’s try to live the best we can now.” – Ziggy Marley
72. “Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now. – Oprah Winfrey
73. “Don’t live in the past. There’s no point. You can’t change anything. What a waste of time.” – Bob Newhart
74. “Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.” – Denis Waitley
75. “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bil Keane
76. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
77. “I really don’t spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I’m not stopping.” – Harold Prince
78. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead prepare for it The present is here, live it.”
79. “Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.” – Gary Ryan Blair
80. “If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
81. “I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” – Jeffrey McDaniel
82. “Forgetting the past and moving toward the things which are before me, I press on toward the goal.”- Lewis Hyde
83. “The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.” – James Thurber
84. “Don’t let past relationship ruin your future happiness, scars remind us of where we’ve been, not where we’re going.”
85. “You can’t change the past, but you can ruin your perfectly present life by worrying about your future.” – Lester Swan
86. “I leave the past behind and with hands outreached to what ever lies ahead I go straight for the goal.”
87. “Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.” – Oprah Winfrey
88. “Movement is life;’ and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change.” – Jules Verne
89. “Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” – Brooks Atkinson
90. “Forget people in the past. But thank them for hurting you, which led you to love the person you have right now.”
91. “Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.”- Daphne Rose Kingma
92. “It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
93. “Nothing in the universe can stop you from forgetting the past and starting a new life, just be constant to listen your inner voice.”
94. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”- Thomas S. Monson
95. “The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.”- Thomas S. Monson
96. “Sometimes we need to forget people from our past, because of one simple reason. They just don’t belong in our future.”
97. “Your past is done, so forget it. Your future is yet to come, so dream it, but your present is now, so live it with no regrets.”
98. “Man… cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.”- Friedrich Nietzsche
99. “Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Everyday is a fresh start. Each day is a new beginning. Every morning we wake up is the first day of our new life.”
100. “The past is a great place and I don’t want to erase it or to regret it, but I don’t want to be its prisoner either.” – Mick Jagger
101. “Forget past mistakes and forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do now and do it.”- William J. Durant
LET’S FORGET THE PAST QUOTES TO HELP YOU LET GO
Be it relationship, work, or a personal bad experience, and carrying the regrets of the distant past will only burden you and stop you from moving ahead towards your future goals.
102. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
103. “One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”- Michael Cibenko
104. “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
105. “There comes a time in your life when you have to stop remembering your mistakes and move on. No regrets in life, just lessons.”
106. “There ain’t no future in the past in the past. You can’t change yesterday, but you can do something about your tomorrow.”- Max Lucado
107. “Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.”- Lewis B. Smedes
108. “Today, I close the door to my past, open the door to my future, take a deep breath, step through, and start a new chapter in my life.”
109. “If you think that thinking too much about your past will make it better, then sorry to say but you are residing on some different planet.”
110. “I don’t believe in regrets. There are a few things I’d do differently, but I can’t go back in time and redo them, however much I might wish to. All I can do is learn from past mistakes and move forward.” – Malorie Blackma
111. “The past should be the past. It can destroy the future. Live life for what tomorrow has to offer. Not for what yesterday has taken away.”
112. “Think of yourself now. Forget the past. Live in the present. That’s surprising. Normally, people say the opposite.”- Claude Chabrol
113. “Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.”- Ethel Barrymore
114. “Never forget the past, and hold no regrets for the mistakes you’ve made. Forgetting the past can cause you to make the same mistakes again.”
115. “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
116. “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.”- Alyson Noel
117. “Keep looking up! I learn from the past, dream about the future and look up. There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day.”
118. “The sadness in your heart is a yesterday you can no longer see, so put it behind you and walk always forward.”- Catherine Anderson
119. “Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don’t turn and look back on any behind you.” – Herbert Hoover
120. “Never think you are too broken to be repaired by god. No past is too bad. No mistake is too great. Forgive yourself because God forgives you.”
121. “You’ve tried to forget the past for so long, but it has caused you nothing but unhappiness. Maybe it’s time you tried to remember.”- John Logan
122. “Best thing to be happy…. Be positive…. Forget the past which hurt the most… Make happiest memories. Focus on your future and make it bright.”
123. “Letting go and forgetting the past is easier said than done, but never use the past as an excuse to not care about your future.”- Jayden Hayes
124. “The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.”- Jack Kornfield
125. “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” – Swami Sivananda
126. “Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens
127. “There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the Best as the past withdraws.”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
128. “Forget who hurt you yesterday, but don’t forget who loves you today. Forget the past that made you cry and focus on the present that completes your smile.”
129. “Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.” – Diana Ross
130. “And the reason the windshield is so large and the rear-view mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.” – Joel Osteen
131. “If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.” – C.Joybell C.
132. “Don’t time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don’t bookmark pages you’ve already read.” – James Altucher
133. “There’s an old saying about those who cannot remember the past being condemned to repeat it. But those of us who refuse to forget the past are condemned to relive it.”- Mike Kelley
134. “Dear life, I don’t know why but it hurts me… Forget the past, enjoy the present, then future will be good days as well as no one can hurt you. Life and hurt can’t be relate.”
135. “I don’t care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.” – Sebastian Vettel
136. “I’m living with every step. I can’t live with regret. The past is the past. I’m not worried about it. I can’t change it. I can’t fix it. It is what it is. I’m just living.” – Ryan Sheckler
137. “Forget about the past. It does not exist, expect in your memory. Drop it, and stop worrying about how you’re going to get through tomorrow. Life is going on right here, right now – pat attention to that and it will be well.”
138. “I don’t care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.” – Sebastian Vettel
139. “The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.” – Stephen Hawking
150. “Forget all the pains of the past, they were meant to make you stronger. Start walking towards the future and blame no one as wrong.”
151. “We teach people that they upset themselves. We can’t change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.” – Albert Ellis
152. “Forget your past… because journey till now was not the last… look forward to make a bright future… it’s not too late… you will get success for sure…” – Rachitra Parida
153. “To forget the past: you stop the communication. You throw every piece of memory. You delete stupid pictures. You delete every single text. You forget the feeling. It’s not the bitter! It’s just being fair enough to the next person who will try to be the one for you.”
154. “New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don’t forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.” – William Shakespeare
155. “It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.”
156. “We have to forget the past. History is something that even today we are paying the consequences, and the future is integration. We all as a people, as citizens, as the leadership of both countries should be looking in that direction.”- Jaromir Jagr
157. “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t should’ve done something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day! – Steve Maraboli
158. “I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.” – Brian Eno
159. “We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.” – George Washington
160. “One should not forget the sins of their forebears, but nor can one advance by paying witness only to the failings of the past. To bury the past is to progress, and only in breaking the chains that bind can you escape the prison your predecessors have laid.” – Scott Warren
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