Alaa Al Aswany Quotes

Sometimes you have to think about letting people move on.

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.

Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.

It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.

I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.

Forgiving is giving up the wish that things could have been different. They weren't. That's the past. Let it go.

You can't live in the past.

The past is past; what's gone on has gone on.

I won't cling to the past.

It feels good when you learn to move on in life.

You don't have to move on to let go.

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

I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to make peace with it as it is, not keep waiting for a chance to change it

Don't go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.

Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.

the habit of shutting doors behind us is invaluable to happiness; we must learn to shut life's doors to cut out the futile wind of past mistakes.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Some things need to be let go before other things can be let in.

The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward.

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world.

I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

I don't live in the past.