The Past
130 quotes: 20 by Keith Craft, 110 from other voices.
Keith Craft on The Past
- Never allow what you know you have lost, to keep you from finding what you can.
- Where you are from is not who you are.
- Pull the weeds of your past that you didn’t want, so you can plant seeds for your future that you do want.
- The key to getting unstuck from your past is to make your past, make you better.
- Your takeaways from your past, become the life lessons of your future…what is possible.
- Never allow the mistakes and uncontrollables of your past, or the uncertainty and unknowns of your future, keep you from taking action toward your dreams in the present.
- Blaming the past for your current condition disempowers you to create the future you want. When you quit posting blame, you can change your game!
- God has too many good things in your future for you to focus on the bad things of the past.
- You cannot move forward by focusing on the past.
- Every lesson that you learn from your past that makes you better, transforms a stumbling block into a stepping stone.
- Don't sabotage good relationships because of past hurtful relationships. The things that hurt you the worst can help you the most, if you grow.
- How we handle the problems of the past will determine how we view the problems of today.
- You cannot change the past, but you can change the future, by learning from your past.
- Today's world cannot be remodeled with yesterday's memories. There are no U-turns on the road to the future!
- If you can grow through the worst days of your past, you can enjoy the best days of your future.
- Never allow negative words of the past to negate your positive future.
- We cannot rewrite the past, but we can right the future.
- If you live with the END in view, it will give purpose to what you are going through in the present and give you power to learn from the experiences of your past.
- God doesn't disqualify us because of our past, but He is ALWAYS qualifying us based on His picture of the future, not the failures of our past.
- Your life story is your life story. Your power comes from this life story. Not about living perfect, but that you are learning from your life story.
Other voices on The Past
- Accept your past without regrets, and face your future without fears.
- Be forgiving with your past self. Be strict with your present self. Be flexible with your future self.
- Believe in your potential, not your past.
- Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been.
- Bring the past only if you are going to build from it.
- Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.
- Don’t mourn over your bad decisions. Just start overcoming them with good ones.
- Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
- Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
- Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.
- Focus on having the life you want, not wanting the life you had.
- Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it’s accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.
- Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
- 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.
- Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.
- Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.
- God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message.
- God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.
- Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.
- Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.