Jennifer Granholm Quotes

I do not have a philosophy about retrospectives. Of course, I cannot change what I have done. What I am doing today, this I can change, in view of whatever I have done before. My retrospectives are like a series of ghosts.

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.

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

As I grow older, I have had to discard some ideas and policies because they no longer make sense. This strikes me as entirely healthy. I would invite others to do the same.

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.

The past does not equal the future.

Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.

You can't stand still on one point for your entire life.

The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.

If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.

Explore the situation. Statements are expendable. Don't keep on looking in the rearview mirror and defending the status quo which is outmoded the moment it happened.

Life is about movement, expansion, growth, and actualizing potential. If you stay in a home, relationship, or job beyond the time it is healthy for you, the universe will prod you with thorns as if to say, “It’s time to move to a broader domain.” If you do not heed the message, the thorns will get sharper and at some point you will have no choice but to fly. When you do, you will understand why a once comfortable situation became uncomfortable.

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

Things change, people change, but that doesn't mean you should forget the past.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

If you stop searching, you stop living, because then you're dwelling in the past. If you're not reaching forward to any growth or future, you might as well be dead.

If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

We all have things in life we'd do over again.

I am not among those who engage in nostalgia, because I think that locks you into a moment in time without thinking about where you are, what needs to be done now.

Many people repeat the past. I'm not interested. I prefer evolution.

I remember some of the biggest mistakes I have made really, really well.