The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.
– Peter Benchley
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- Life is made of the past, present and the future. We’re shaped by our past, and we’re shaping our future with our present. – Ibrahim Emile
- Hope is Future and Future is present ,Present is past and Past is Mystery – Hamza Khan Takkar
- What was it? What could it–His last thought was surprise. – Peter Benchley
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Our past thinking has determined our present status, and our present thinking will determine our future status; for man is what man thinks. – WY EvansWentz
- The future can not blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past. – Susan Cooper
- The present is precious gift.The past cannot be replayed.The future is no guarantee.Live in the present. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Only the present exists. The past is gone, and the future has not yet happened. There is only ever time present. – Fennel Hudson
- For basic survival, as for evolution, we have to accept the past as the creator of the present, influence the future, and act in the present. – Daniel Egger
- To use the past to justify the present is bad enough-”but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past. – Amitav Ghosh
- Never forget your past for your future as one day your future will again be your past – Mizan Chaudhury
- You can never live in the past. You always live in the tiny gap between the present and the future. – Debasish Mridha
- He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn. – Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately. – Anne Frank
- Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately. – Anne Frank
- There are two kinds of travel: first class and with children. – Robert Benchley
- This is a work of fiction, and the people in it are fictitious. The ghosts are real. – Nathaniel Benchley
- Streets flooded. Please advise. – Robert Benchley
- A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. – Robert Benchley
- Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. – CS Lewis
- Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal. – Winston S Churchill
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. – RVM
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. -RVM – RVM
- The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. – Stephen E Ambrose
- Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future. – Boyd K Packer
- The future is completely open and so is the past. And we are writing them right now. Making a different past or future is only up to us now. – Ana Claudia Antunes
- The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future. – MR Gott
- Grow past your past and march past the flag of the past! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- A past will never die. It’s always there and always present as long as your living breathing and able to remember. – Stephen Lozada
- FEAR is always about the FUTURE, felt in the PRESENT based on the PAST! – Harrish Sairaman
- Even if you time travel your past, it can’t be changed, likewise you can’t possibly change your future, it is always the present which matters. – Pushpa Rana
- To be in the present time, keep yourself busy always or else you will find yourself either in the past or in the future! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- The past is already documented and the present is taking shape with every moment, but the future is always in-view. – Seun Ayilara
- Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment. – Sharon Salzberg
- Great man loves future and live in present as gift. Foolish one always stare and stuck on the past. – Bang Roy
- Imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present. – John Green
- As long as you allow your past to haunt you, you’ll never be free to pursue your future. You won’t even be able to focus on your present. – Brian Klemmer