T. D. Jakes Quotes

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future.

Our most merciless enemy is our past.

I really believe that our past can really hold us back from growth, so the best thing that we can do is MOVE ON and NOT DWELL.

I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

My past is just that, my past. I try to not think about it and only keep moving forward.

Don't be afraid and don't let the past affect your present.

Learning from our mistakes is critical for improving, but even I don't have patience for ranking my regrets. Regret is a negative emotion that inhibits the optimism required to take on new challenges. You risk living in an alternative universe, where if only you had done this or that differently, things would be better. That's a poor substitute for making your actual life better, or improving the lives of others. Regret briefly, analyze and understand, and then move on, improving the only life you have.

You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.

We're never gonna move forward if we can't let go of things, especially things that don't happen to people today.

Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.

A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in man! Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present; and you should reach up into the other life.

What is past is past. You can do nothing about yesterday and last month and the failures of last year, but you can do everything toward making tomorrow and the rest of your life what you always dreamed it could be.

Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of my future performance. They're just healthy little fires that are gonna warm up my ass

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

We have a choice. We can live in the past and be miserable and unhappy, or we can pick ourselves up and move ahead in life. When we choose to focus forward, we can find the energy and ability to remove any obstacles that may appear to be hindering our smooth progression. If you take stock of yourself and find you may be spending time frequently reliving unhappy experiences of the past, make the decision to rid yourself of the ties that bind you to a former way of life.

No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.

I don't spend much time regretting the past, once I've taken my lesson from it. I don't dwell on it.

Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.

The past can be a terrible weight bound to you by an unbreakable chain. You can drag it with you, forever looking over your shoulder at what holds you back. Or you can let it go and move forward. It’s your choice.

Don't be so bitter about a bad experience from your past that you miss the opportunities in front of you.

Don't ever think that you can't change the past.

the habit of shutting doors behind us is invaluable to happiness; we must learn to shut life's doors to cut out the futile wind of past mistakes.

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

It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.