Lucy Larcom Quotes

You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.

[T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.

Don't use the hardships of your past as excuses to deny the possibilities of your future.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.

I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there.

You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

What has happened has happened and it is now behind you. Take the best of it all as you move positively forward.

Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.

"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.

Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you.

I know my past is not what my future holds.

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday.

I think looking forward will be better than looking back.

You always have to try to move forward with a positive connotation in the future.

Let the past go. A simply abundant world awaits.

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.

Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.