Pope Leo X Quotes

You cannot alter the past. You can only learn from it, and … history is the best teacher.

The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and stronger when we live with it.

I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

We have all examined our past critically and are very much aware of even the unpleasant things. Now, we need to look at what we plan to do with the lessons we have learned from the past.

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.

If one does not forget one's previous experience, one can learn for the future from the past.

The past becomes the armor with which we face the future.

In life, we always make the right decisions the second time around, you know?

In terms of the past, I think we've all learned from the past. I think that's great wisdom.

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

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.

If we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing our future.