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title: "10 Good Past Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Good Past quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Good Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Take what is good from the past and carve a new path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-porter/take-what-is-good-from-the-past-and-carve-a-new-path/)

[Jan Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-porter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/jan-porter-28572_author-stephen-richa_take-what-is-good-from-the-past-and-carv_913567.jpg)

> [I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-very-good-at-the-past-it-s-the-present-i-can-t-understand/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/nick-hornby-325_past_i-m-very-good-at-the-past-it-s-the-prese_907691.png)

> [Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knute-rockne/make-the-present-good-and-the-past-will-take-care-of-itself/)

[Knute Rockne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knute-rockne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/knute-rockne-12759_care_make-the-present-good-and-the-past-will_401121.jpg)

> [“Ten minutes, good, past eleven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/ten-minutes-good-past-eleven/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/charles-dickens-34_quote_ten-minutes-good-past-eleven-1488327_1488327.jpg)

> [“How good the past can look from a rest stop in a bitter future!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaimana-wolff/how-good-the-past-can-look-from-a-rest-stop-in-a-bitter-future/)

[Kaimana Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaimana-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/kaimana-wolff-39816_hindsight_how-good-the-past-can-look-from-a-rest-s_165280.jpg)

> [ A young man with a very good past. \[Fr., Un jeune homme d'un bien beau passe.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/algernon-charles-swinburne/a-young-man-with-a-very-good-past-fr-un-jeune-homme-d-un-bien-beau/)

[Algernon Charles Swinburne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/algernon-charles-swinburne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/algernon-charles-swinburne-291_men_a-young-man-with-a-very-good-past-fr-un_1551793.jpg)

> [Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-chang/just-because-something-s-been-good-in-the-past-doesn-t-mean-it-will/)

[David Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-chang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/david-chang-8104_because_just-because-something-s-been-good-in-th_2791914.png)

> [Be strong, move on and be so good that even your past will look at you and say; Damn! why did I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/london-mond/be-strong-move-on-and-be-so-good-that-even-your-past-will-look-at-you/)

[London Mond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/london-mond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/london-mond-3093_be-yourself_be-strong-move-on-and-be-so-good-that-ev_228580.jpg)

> [I can see that now. I can see everything once it’s already happened — I’m very good at the past. It’s the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-can-see-that-now-i-can-see-everything-once-it-s-already-happened-i/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/nick-hornby-325_past_i-can-see-that-now-i-can-see-everything_933617.png)

> [After we do alot of wrong things in life,but it have seen good to us in the past.sitting down in a later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwayne-toney/after-we-do-alot-of-wrong-things-in-life-but-it-have-seen-good-to-us/)

[Dwayne Toney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwayne-toney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/dwayne-toney-98004_life_after-we-do-alot-of-wrong-things-in-life_1954993.jpg)

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