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title: "17 Change Present Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Change Present quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Change Present sayings and thoughts."
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> [You can't change the past, but if you change the present you'll have a better future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/you-can-t-change-the-past-but-if-you-change-the-present-you-ll-have-a/)

[Sonya Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [I think u will be my future but now u r my past...which change my present..!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/i-think-u-will-be-my-future-but-now-u-r-my-past-which-change-my/)

[NISHAN PANWAR](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [“To travel beyond our world is to change this present one forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-j-carroll/to-travel-beyond-our-world-is-to-change-this-present-one-forever/)

[Steven J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-j-carroll/)

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> [“Because my mother couldn't change my present, I decided to change my daughter's future”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manal-al-sharif/because-my-mother-couldn-t-change-my-present-i-decided-to-change-my/)

[Manal al-Sharif](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manal-al-sharif/)

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> [The only way to change the future is to change the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seohyun/the-only-way-to-change-the-future-is-to-change-the-present/)

[Seohyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seohyun/)

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> [“tho we can not travel to the past and change the present we can live in the present and predict our futures”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-reigel/tho-we-can-not-travel-to-the-past-and-change-the-present-we-can-live/)

[Caleb Reigel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-reigel/)

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> [“If you want to see a future, you need to be willing to change a present.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reshma-patra/if-you-want-to-see-a-future-you-need-to-be-willing-to-change-a-present/)

[Reshma Patra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reshma-patra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/reshma-patra-272284_time_if-you-want-to-see-a-future-you-need-to_2200765.jpg)

> [You can waste all of your time focusing on stuff in the past that you can't change or you can use your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/you-can-waste-all-of-your-time-focusing-on-stuff-in-the-past-that-you/)

[Sonya Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/)

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> [No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-matter-how-much-you-stress-or-obsess-about-the-past-or-future-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/anonymous-1_acceptance_no-matter-how-much-you-stress-or-obsess_2955108.jpg)

> [You can't change the past on what you should have done, but you can change the present and future on what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/you-can-t-change-the-past-on-what-you-should-have-done-but-you-can/)

[Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/)

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> [I have no regrets. Regrets are meaningless. You can't change yesterday or tomorrow. You can change only this present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richey-edwards/i-have-no-regrets-regrets-are-meaningless-you-can-t-change-yesterday/)

[Richey Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richey-edwards/)

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> [There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-have-been-times-lately-when-i-dearly-wished-that-i-could-change/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [Tik Tik Tok! The time never stopped. The past you see it,it can't change it. But the present we have in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-cliffs/tik-tik-tok-the-time-never-stopped-the-past-you-see-it-it-can-t/)

[Ricky Cliffs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-cliffs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/ricky-cliffs-104949_brighter-future_tik-tik-tok-the-time-never-stopped-the-p_1310380.jpg)

> [That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself with endless what-ifs, but nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allison-winn-scotch/that-you-can-look-back-fondly-or-even-wistfully-on-pieces-of-your/)

[Allison Winn Scotch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allison-winn-scotch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/allison-winn-scotch-16532_endless_that-you-can-look-back-fondly-or-even-wi_2788687.jpg)

> [You cant change the past. You cant even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/you-cant-change-the-past-you-cant-even-change-the-future-in-the-sense/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/larry-wall-1576_can-t-change_you-cant-change-the-past-you-cant-even-c_845321.png)

> [There is nothing that you can do to change the present moment. It simply is. You may be able to change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-keyes-jr/there-is-nothing-that-you-can-do-to-change-the-present-moment-it/)

[Ken Keyes Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-keyes-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/ken-keyes-jr-9594_able_there-is-nothing-that-you-can-do-to-chan_1450295.png)

> [For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthieu-ricard/for-a-few-moments-be-aware-of-your-potential-for-change-whatever-your/)

[Matthieu Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthieu-ricard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/matthieu-ricard-4004_change_for-a-few-moments-be-aware-of-your-poten_3093467.jpg)

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