Mitch Albom Quotes

We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.

I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.

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

We only have the past that we have. Not all of our deeds were incorrect.

You have to accept the way things are before you can move on.

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

I don't live in the past.

I realized I've spent all my life creating a past.

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

I think we all agree, the past is over.

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

I don't care how my past was or what I had to go through.

I made peace with 'Tevar' not doing well and moved on.

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.

I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.

Yes, I have inherited the past because I have acknowledged it at last? And, now that I have come to understand it, I no longer need to look back.

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

You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

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.

Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

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.

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are.

All pasts are like poems; one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them.