T. D. Jakes Quotes

I don't have the time to think about my past, and I don't think I need to.

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.

We have to discard the past / and, as one builds / floor by floor, window by window, / and the building rises, / so do we keep shedding - first, broken tiles, / then proud doors... and each new day / gleams / like an empty / plate.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

I'm not going to waste my energy looking into the eyes of someone like the guy who blew my legs off trying to find a way to forgive him for doing something that horrible when there are way more productive ways I could be spending my life. You've got to focus on moving on.

If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.

Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.

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

And all the things that break you are all the things that make you strong. You can't change the past 'Cause it's gone, and you just gotta move on.

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

Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it.

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.

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.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

I have moved on. I have moved forward.

If there is someone in your life who is not serving you or making you better, give yourself permission to move on.

Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.

I'd say to any woman, get out of that bad relationship that's turning you into a shell of your former self. Learn from it and get out. Then wait; enjoy yourself and your friends because, when what you want comes along, you'll spot it.

Dwell on the past and you will lose an eye. Forget the past and you will lose both eyes.

You can't go into something good until you let go of all the bad stuff because you'll find yourself steady bringing up all the old in a new situation.

Being reminded of your past doesn't mean that you have to live with constant grief. It simply means that you have been given the opportunity to transform your past into something positive.