Susan Glaspell Quotes

No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.

I think in some way it's like that for all of us, living with the ghosts of things that used to be, or never were. We're all of us haunted by yesterday, and we got no choice but to keep marching into our tomorrows.

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

An unresolved past erodes beauty in the present.

The past is a sorry country.

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

I can't go back. The past won't go away in this family.

But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?

It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night.

Certainly, there were tough times, but no, you can't go back and change it. So, why dwell on it?

I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

There is no point staying on the past.

My past is just that, my past. I try to not think about it and only keep moving forward.

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges.

You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.

The past doesn't haunt us, we haunt the past.

Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.

One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you.

The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth.

We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize.

Our most merciless enemy is our past.

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future