Ray Charles Quotes

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I want to talk more about the future than the past.

One should look forward rather than backwards.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind

Take what you have learned, and move on.

I don't think about my old stuff. I just move forward.

Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression.

My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?

I still don't have all the answers. I'm more interested in what I can do next than what I did last.

One of the things that I've learned working with Madonna is you just move forward. It's really rare that she ever brings up the past.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.

Hopefully, through all aspects of life, you learn from things you've got right, things you've got wrong, but I'm not one for looking back. I'm looking ahead; you've got to.

I'm really anxious not to repeat what I've done before, to keep pushing and learning.

The past is the past, and we have to look forward.

Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

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

You correct the mistakes, and you move on.

We don't want to live in the past; we want to go into the future.

I'm a fast learner, and I believe in change, and I believe in growing, and I believe in moving forward and not staying in the same place.

If you don't get adventurous, you stay in the same spot; you don't really grow.

Value experiences by how much you're learning, and if you're aren't learning, move on.

I'm never a believer in going back in anything. You move forward, so that's my whole mentality, you make moves to go forward not back.

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

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.