Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

How you see your future is much more important that what has happened in your past.

Knowing who we are helps us plan for who we want to be and where we want to go.

I've reached the stage of my life where learning is so important to me. I go through the past enough when I play my old songs on stage. And I don't mind doing that. But I want to think about the future.

Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.

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.

I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.

The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.

I'm not someone who lives in the past; I find other people live in my past. I live in the present and the future.

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.

I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.

If you find great difficulty in trying to reckon with the future or even the present, I think it's intuitive to start that process by reckoning with the past.

I am a big believer that whatever has gone lies in the past. You should only learn from it, and you should only look at the present and the future. That's been my father's philosophy and mine as well.

You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.

I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.

You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future.

Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.

I'm not a big believer in linear paths. I would always have these sort of five-year plans and think, 'Ok, I wouldn't mind to try to get here in five years.'

I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future.

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.

You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you want to be one year from now, five years, ten years, and beyond. Write your goals and review them regularly. Keep them before you constantly, record your progress, and revise them as circumstances dictate.

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

Now is the time to set your life's goals. Now is the time to set your standards firmly and then hold to them throughout your life.

Everyone has got to realise you can't hold onto the past if you want any future. Each second should lead to the next one.