Dwelling On The Past Quotes:

Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.

- John Wooden

topic: Past, Dwelling, Dwelling On The Past

The habit of dwelling on the past, has a narrowing as well as a debilitating influence. Behind us, there is a small, - an almost insignificant measure of time; before us, there is an eternity. It is the natural tendency of the mind to magnify the one, and to diminish the other ...

- Harriet Martineau

source: Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.221

topic: Past, Dwelling, Perspective, Diminish, Dwelling On The Past

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

- Marianne Williamson

topic: Letting Go, Past, Dwelling, Dwelling On The Past

Rather than dwelling on the past, we should make the most of today, of the here and now, doing all we can to provide pleasant memories for the future…If you are still in the process of raising children be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled, will disappear all too soon, and that you will, to your surprise, miss them, profoundly.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Children, Memories, Past, Dwelling On The Past, Pleasant Memories

Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future.

- Michelle Cruz

topic: Past, Dwelling, Moments, Dwelling On The Past

I'm not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I'm not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.

- Jennifer Aniston

topic: Past, Dwelling, Sitting, Obsessing, Dwelling On The Past

All the past has done is generated the you that you are now. Dwelling on the past isn't going to change anything.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Inspirational, Buddhism, Past, Dwelling On The Past

No use dwelling on the past. What you do tomorrow and the next day and the day after that is what matters.

- Kate Brian

topic: Past, Next Day, Dwelling, Dwelling On The Past

Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.

- Emily Giffin

topic: Past, Dwelling, Wonder, Dwelling On The Past

If you stop searching, you stop living, because then you're dwelling in the past. If you're not reaching forward to any growth or future, you might as well be dead.

- Wynn Bullock

source: Wynn Bullock, Barbara Bullock-Wilson (1984). “Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning”, Gibbs Smith

topic: Philosophy, Past, Dwelling, Dwelling On The Past

Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future; instead, we are focused on the present.

- Deepak Chopra

topic: Letting Go, Past, Dwelling, Dwelling On The Past

Zen is really just a reminder to stay alive and to be awake. We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and dwelling on the past. Zen practice is about appreciating your life in this moment. If you are truly aware of five minutes a day, then you are doing pretty well. We are beset by both the future and the past, and there is no reality apart from the here and now.

- Peter Matthiessen

topic: Past, Reality, Practice, Dwelling On The Past, Five Minutes

Throughout your day, when you notice that your thoughts have drifted away, come back to where you are. You'll instantly see why you drifted away, whether because you were bored, anxious, dwelling on the past, or anticipating the future.

- Deepak Chopra

topic: Past, Dwelling, Bored, Anticipating The Future, Dwelling On The Past

It's very easy to attack ourselves. Even comforting in its familiarity, but you must resist this urge at all costs. Dwelling on the past or your perceived flaws will do nothing but keep you under emotional house arrest and hamper your progress. Commit yourself to growth and reward yourself with kindness for choosing to do so!

- Chris Hardwick

source: Chris Hardwick (2011). “The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”, p.225, Penguin

topic: Kindness, Past, Emotional, Hamper, Dwelling On The Past

We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I see only the present moment, I forget the past, and take good care not to anticipate the future. If we grow disheartened, if sometimes we despair, it is because we have been dwelling on the past or the future.

- Therese of Lisieux

source: St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.55, TAN Books

topic: Love, Running, Past, Way Of Love, Dwelling On The Past