Mark Lawrence Quotes

If you live in the past and allow the past to define who you are, then you never grow.

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.

I tried never to be defined by my past.

I've never been one to stay in a complacent place where I just let the grass grow around me.

When you're constantly stuck in your comfort zone, it means you're not growing.

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.

I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.

Man improves himself as he follows his path; if he stands still, waiting to improve before he makes a decision, he'll never move.

I think when you get inured with the past, you get committed to the past, you stop growing.

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

You can get to where you want to be from wherever you are-but you must stop spending so much time noticing and talking about what you do not like about where you are.

Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

You are not defined by your past. You are prepared by your past.

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now," but don't dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That's where change can really happen.

Growth is uncomfortable; you have to embrace the discomfort if you want to expand.

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

We don't want to live in the past; we want to go into the future.

I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.

One of my biggest fears, in both my personal and business life, is residing too long in my comfort zone.

You can't live off your past.

I want to talk more about the future than the past.

A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.