--- title: "9 Best Past Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Best Past quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Best Past sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sarah-addison-allen-810_best_she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-p_3085141.png" --- > [She'd fallen into the best part of her past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-past/) [Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sarah-addison-allen-810_best_she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-p_3085141.png) > [“You are my best Past,present & future”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-joshi/you-are-my-best-past-present-future/) [Kiran Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-joshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/kiran-joshi-29314_past_you-are-my-best-past-present-future-1134_113472.jpg) > [Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/hold-fast-to-the-best-of-the-past-and-move-fast-to-the-best-of-the/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/john-f-kennedy-246_fast_hold-fast-to-the-best-of-the-past-and-mo_3196499.jpg) > [Don't let the doom criers and the cynics persuade you that the best is past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/don-t-let-the-doom-criers-and-the-cynics-persuade-you-that-the-best/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/ronald-reagan-119_cynics_don-t-let-the-doom-criers-and-the-cynics_93626.jpg) > [Best there is... past, present and future! Ohhhhh yeahhhh!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/best-there-is-past-present-and-future-ohhhhh-yeahhhh/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/anonymous-1_past_best-there-is-past-present-and-future-oh_1947330.jpg) > [May the best of your past be the worst of your future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/may-the-best-of-your-past-be-the-worst-of-your-future/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/anonymous-1_birthday-greetings_may-the-best-of-your-past-be-the-worst-o_820643.jpg) > [You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/you-should-always-take-the-best-from-the-past-leave-the-worst-back/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/bob-dylan-168_past_you-should-always-take-the-best-from-the_1907260.jpg) > [“But art is supposed to enlighten, isn’t it? Not just reflect? It’s to show us the best of the present modeled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-zettel/but-art-is-supposed-to-enlighten-isn-t-it-not-just-reflect-it-s-to/) [Sarah Zettel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-zettel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/sarah-zettel-12795_art_but-art-is-supposed-to-enlighten-isn-t-i_494419.png) > [Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/great-art-does-not-break-with-the-past-it-breaks-with-the-present-by/) [Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/walter-darby-bannard-6715_art_great-art-does-not-break-with-the-past-i_1179056.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-past/#itemlist", "name": "Best Past Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She'd fallen into the best part of her past.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Addison Allen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-past/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sarah-addison-allen-810_best_she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-p_3085141.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sarah-addison-allen-810_best_she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-p_3085141.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/sarah-addison-allen-810_best_she-d-fallen-into-the-best-part-of-her-p_3085141.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She'd fallen into the best part of her past.” — Sarah Addison Allen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You are my best Past,present & future”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kiran Joshi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-joshi/you-are-my-best-past-present-future/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/kiran-joshi-29314_past_you-are-my-best-past-present-future-1134_113472.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/kiran-joshi-29314_past_you-are-my-best-past-present-future-1134_113472.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/kiran-joshi-29314_past_you-are-my-best-past-present-future-1134_113472.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You are my best Past,present & future” — Kiran Joshi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John F. 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