Michael Eisner Quotes

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.

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.

When I stop learning something new and start talking about the past versus the future, I will go.

I don't have any personal challenges about throwing away the past. If you're not changing, you're giving others a chance to catch up.

I used to be.

I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now.

I try and move with the times. If I stop and begin thinking about the past there will be a problem.

When you're constantly stuck in your comfort zone, it means you're not growing.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

One cannot afford to be nostalgic about the past and cling onto it.

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

There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

Don't think about what you've left behind.

We're never gonna move forward if we can't let go of things, especially things that don't happen to people today.

I try to not go over things from the past. Learn your lessons and then let it go.

We have to discard the past / and, as one builds / floor by floor, window by window, / and the building rises, / so do we keep shedding - first, broken tiles, / then proud doors... and each new day / gleams / like an empty / plate.

People really do change. Don't let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule.

We are all our own graveyards, I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived, and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.

Think of something new you’ve actually learned in the past week; if you can’t think of anything, get comfortable where you’re at because you’re not going anywhere. To stop learning is to stop living.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

In a serious sense, wanting to change something from the past doesn't work for me - change something you don't enjoy now rather than regretting it later.

Take what you have learned, and move on.