35 Quotes About Dwelling on the Past

You may have heard the phrase that what happens in the past should stay in the past. For some looking backwards does not bring you forward. Here are some amazing quotes about dwelling on the past that will prevent you from becoming hindered by the things you can not control now.

“All the past has done is generated the you that you are now. Dwelling on the past isn’t going to change anything.”

“Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you’d admire.”

“Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”

“Don’t waste time on what’s not important. Don’t get sucked into the drama. Get on with it: don’t dwell on the past. Be a big person; be generous of spirit; be the person you’d admire.”

“Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present.”

“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.”

“Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.”

“I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful.”

“I don’t mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn’t criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism.”

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”

“I try not to dwell on the past. I’m not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.”

“If you constantly dwell on the past that’s where you end up living.”

“If you stop searching, you stop living, because then you’re dwelling in the past. If you’re not reaching forward to any growth or future, you might as well be dead.”

“I’m a person who really doesn’t dwell on the past.”

“I’m not sitting somewhere dwelling on the past. I’m not fretting or obsessing about something in the future.”

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

“Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.”

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”

“Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.”

“Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future; instead, we are focused on the present.”

“Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past.”

“No use dwelling on the past. What you do tomorrow and the next day and the day after that is what matters.”

“People shouldn’t dwell on the past. It’s enough to try your best in all that you’re doing now.”

“Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.”

“The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.”

“Things are what they are and there’s no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.”

“Throughout your day, when you notice that your thoughts have drifted away, come back to where you are. You’ll instantly see why you drifted away, whether because you were bored, anxious, dwelling on the past, or anticipating the future.”

“We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.”

“When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.”

“Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.”

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”

“You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.”

If you have difficulty letting go of the past, there are many strategies you can use to help yourself to move forward.