Danny Gokey Quotes

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

Your past should not be a life sentence.

When I left, after my divorce, when I left Oklahoma, I never looked back. It was the future. It was looking forward from then on.

I tried never to be defined by my past.

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

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

You cannot embrace your destiny if you do not let go of your history.

Live your life with passion, with some drive, decide that you are going to push yourself. The last chapter to your life has not been written yet, and it doesn't matter about what happened yesterday. It doesn't matter about what happened to you, what matters is, 'what are you going to do about it?'

Put you hand before your eyes and remember, you that have walked, the places from which you have walked away, and the wilderness into which you manfully turned the steps of your abandonment ... It is your business to leave all that you have know altogether behind you, and no man has eyes at the back of his head - go forward.

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.

You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories.

Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.

If you're busy regretting the past, then a new future can't come in.

I want to rethink 'surrender' as an active verb.

To move past fear is a cliche.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

You can only whine for so long. Then you need to get your life back.

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

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

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.