Jimmy Carter Quotes

The past has nothing more to teach us. Then why not let it be …. We must look ahead …. Unless we learn to forget, we will be turned into a pillar of salt.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.

The things we remember best are those better forgotten.

I don't care about the past.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

The past is over.

The past is the past and besides it's passed

Events have moved on, yet some people still keep talking about the past.

The past is a country from which we have all emigrated

Forget whatever should be forgotten, so that you can remember what should be remembered

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

One cannot afford to be nostalgic about the past and cling onto it.

I'm not too interested in talking about the past. It doesn't do us any good whatsoever.

I don't talk about the past.

I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

There's no sustenance in the past.

I can't really dwell on the past.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

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

We can revere our past, but we cannot re-capture it.

Too much we have lived in our history. We must live in the future.