Gordon Brown Quotes

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

If you live in the past, you've got no future.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

I do not want to live more from the past. I have my present and a great future that is on the other side.

We're not thinking about the past, we're full steam ahead on the future.

You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you're going to go down

I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past.

You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

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

The past is the past, and we have to look forward.

A lot of people are really hung on the past - they can't get past that - but you've gotta get past that if you want any future.

I did a lot of great things in the past, but I live for today and for the future.

There is no point staying on the past.

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

Like I said, I enjoyed my time there in Indy. You just have gotta move on, get ready for the next chapter.

And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To do something new, of course we must know our past, and this is alright. But we should not keep holding onto anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And we must have some idea of what we should do in the future. But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new.

Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew.

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

It is not possible to go forward while looking back.

Don't live in the past. There's no point. You can't change anything. What a waste of time.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.