Jim Butcher Quotes

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

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.

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.

Treat the past as a school.

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.

And if there's anything I do it's change and grow. I'm just a living being. Every year of my life I seem to learn that everything I know is wrong.

I believe that you go through your past and you learn what you learn for whatever reason. I'm just glad I'm not making fifteen-year-old mistakes at twenty-six - I got that out of the way.

All of my past challenges have helped me become who I am today.

The past is an illusion. You must learn to live in the present and accept yourself for what you are now. What you lack in flexibility and agility you must make up with knowledge and constant practice.

You are not defined by your past. You are prepared by your past.

Off the top of my head, I can't really think of anyone who really took me under their wing. You get advice from everyone. Kate Moss once said to me, "Don't worry about the past, just keep going." That has always sort of stuck with me.

Sometimes in life, we have to continue to learn the same lesson until it sticks.

Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind.

Keep your life in a positive perspective. We are not defined by our pasts

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

You can't start changing things in your past. Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them. I certainly wouldn't be who I am.

Everything is a learning experience.

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

There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.

Everything is a learning experience for me.

Every day's a challenge. You learn every single day.

I've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them.

I can't change history but only learn from it.

Your present is shaped by your yesterday, but you don't have to advertise it.