Ian Somerhalder Quotes

Do not let the future be held hostage by the past

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

Government has been a fossil: it should be a plant.

We must stop looking to the past and focus on ensuring everyone has a stake in the future.

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

It is only by reflecting on the past that one can create a better future.

I've reached the stage of my life where learning is so important to me. I go through the past enough when I play my old songs on stage. And I don't mind doing that. But I want to think about the future.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

I think when you get inured with the past, you get committed to the past, you stop growing.

The past does not equal the future.

I'm never going back to the past. It is like when I am driving - I never like to do those routes that take you backwards and make you go the long way. I always like to do the shortcuts and go forward.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.

The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind. Nor think I that God's world would fall apart Because we tear a parchment more or less. Truth is eternal, but her effluence, With endless change, is fitted to the hour; Her mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past. I do not fear to follow out the truth.

I think what we've experienced in the past is that people do like to be challenged.

I'm always interested in what's next or what is the new kind of thinking.

I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.

Think of something new you’ve actually learned in the past week; if you can’t think of anything, get comfortable where you’re at because you’re not going anywhere. To stop learning is to stop living.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind

I just think it's ridiculous to be dogmatic and be caught in the past. You have to be open, aware, nimble and flexible about changes in the world.

I think that we as a culture, not just in entertainment journalism, but in general the boundaries have become extreme. You know, all bets are off and it seems that there's not much that we consider off limits. I'm just glad that I was in it at the time when I was, which just seemed like - maybe everybody feels that way then they do a look back on their life and career. And I always think for me, my motto is 'ever forward' and I think that's the best way to live your life.

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

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

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.

I don't think about the past, I only think about the present because what I do today sets me up for the future.

Look at what happened in the Past. Learn something valuable from it. Do things differently in the present.