Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

I never like to think about going back; I only look forward.

I'm always looking ahead, not backwards.

Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

What has happened has happened and it is now behind you. Take the best of it all as you move positively forward.

[T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.

Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson.

Don't waste your time being upset about something you can't change. Begin again and do it better this time.

Don't use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.

There is nothing for you to go back and live over, or fix, or feel regret about now. Every part of your life has unfolded just right. And so - now - knowing all that you know from where you now stand, now what do you want? The answers are now coming forth to you. Go forth in joy, and get on with it.

You've got to let it go and say it was the best I could do at that time and place in my life. You hope that the thing you're doing next is a little bit better.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.

Don't waste time on what's not important. Don't get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don't dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you'd admire.

I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.

What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.

I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.

I have always tried to move on from disappointments as fast as I can.

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.

I am a guy who likes to put the bad things and difficult times behind me.

Do not wallow in your failure. Spend some time grieving, learn from it, and then move on. Constantly replaying what went wrong will not benefit you. Get involved in another company, another cause, another relationship.