--- title: "23 Past Forward Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 23 Past Forward quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Past Forward sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/josh-stern-2480_forward_if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forwa_1037615.jpg" --- > [“If you're stuck in the past, you go forward in reverse”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-stern/if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forward-in-reverse/) [Josh Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-stern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/josh-stern-2480_forward_if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forwa_1037615.jpg) > [“If you spend too much time living in the past, you never move forward”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the-past-you-never-move-forward/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jodi-picoult-45_life_if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the_48936.jpg) > [Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. Claim only the present, for it holds God's will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-philippine-duchesne/do-not-look-back-to-the-past-nor-forward-to-the-future-claim-only-the/) [Rose Philippine Duchesne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-philippine-duchesne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/rose-philippine-duchesne-14841_claims_do-not-look-back-to-the-past-nor-forward_367142.png) > [You couldn't change the past. You could only go forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/you-couldn-t-change-the-past-you-could-only-go-forward/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/cassandra-clare-9_change_you-couldn-t-change-the-past-you-could-o_2439802.jpg) > [When you bring peace to the past, you can move forward to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-bring-peace-to-the-past-you-can-move-forward-to-the-future/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/anonymous-1_acceptance_when-you-bring-peace-to-the-past-you-can_3014998.jpg) > [You can't dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-wozniacki/you-can-t-dwell-in-your-past-but-move-forward-look-forward-that-s-it/) [Caroline Wozniacki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-wozniacki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/caroline-wozniacki-3543_forward_you-can-t-dwell-in-your-past-but-move-fo_191796.png) > [Whats done is done, and you can not undo it, so make it the past, and go forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/whats-done-is-done-and-you-can-not-undo-it-so-make-it-the-past-and-go/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/nishan-panwar-14_forward_whats-done-is-done-and-you-can-not-undo_732591.jpg) > [Why keep yourself stick to much of the past when you can move forward and learn to wait to someone who deserves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-keep-yourself-stick-to-much-of-the-past-when-you-can-move-forward/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/anonymous-1_bitter-love_why-keep-yourself-stick-to-much-of-the-p_1184137.jpg) > [Moving on doesn't mean I forget about everything that happen between us, but it mean I accept it as past and move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-ardianti/moving-on-doesn-t-mean-i-forget-about-everything-that-happen-between/) [Nina Ardianti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-ardianti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/nina-ardianti-13675_forget_moving-on-doesn-t-mean-i-forget-about-ev_2989844.jpg) > [“I hear longing in these notes. They go all the way to the past and forward to some future where I haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/i-hear-longing-in-these-notes-they-go-all-the-way-to-the-past-and/) [Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/cath-crowley-1328_music_i-hear-longing-in-these-notes-they-go-al_2094525.jpg) > [Look at the things you've done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-bloom/look-at-the-things-you-ve-done-and-ask-for-forgiveness-after-clearing/) [Molly Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/molly-bloom-9633_forgiveness_look-at-the-things-you-ve-done-and-ask-f_2019527.jpg) > [I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-shapiro/i-don-t-want-to-lean-back-into-the-past-or-forward-into-the-future-i-2/) [Dani Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-shapiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/dani-shapiro-2273_future_i-don-t-want-to-lean-back-into-the-past_2799592.png) > [Do not follow after the past; do not go forward to meet the future. Instead, just rest the mind naturally in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gampopa/do-not-follow-after-the-past-do-not-go-forward-to-meet-the-future/) [Gampopa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gampopa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/gampopa-62014_awareness_do-not-follow-after-the-past-do-not-go-f_460139.png) > [I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washed-out/i-never-want-to-make-a-complete-180-reactional-record-i-wanted-a/) [Washed Out](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washed-out/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/washed-out-6899_connection_i-never-want-to-make-a-complete-180-reac_2773401.jpg) > [Don't sit there and wallow in woe-is-me stuff that happened in your past. Move forward. Face whatever you're afraid of. Or deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tionne-watkins/don-t-sit-there-and-wallow-in-woe-is-me-stuff-that-happened-in-your/) [Tionne Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tionne-watkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/tionne-watkins-10569_afraid_don-t-sit-there-and-wallow-in-woe-is-me_2877859.jpg) > [There's something about the American spirit -– inherent in the American spirit -- we don't hang on to the past. We always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-s-something-about-the-american-spirit-inherent-in-the-american/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/barack-obama-17_america_there-s-something-about-the-american-spi_3190715.jpg) > [What has happened has happened. What is done cannot be undone. There is no point in looking back and ruminating over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammad-azharuddin/what-has-happened-has-happened-what-is-done-cannot-be-undone-there-is/) [Mohammad Azharuddin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammad-azharuddin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/mohammad-azharuddin-15959_country_what-has-happened-has-happened-what-is-d_1604897.jpg) > [My relationship with my mom has really evolved since The Hills. We had a very hard time getting through that, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-montag/my-relationship-with-my-mom-has-really-evolved-since-the-hills-we-had/) [Heidi Montag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-montag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/heidi-montag-15420_get-over_my-relationship-with-my-mom-has-really-e_1312247.png) > [“A related question is where in time to begin. Should you begin far back in a character's past and move forward, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-checkoway/a-related-question-is-where-in-time-to-begin-should-you-begin-far/) [Julie Checkoway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-checkoway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/julie-checkoway-105632_fiction_a-related-question-is-where-in-time-to-b_2330318.jpg) > [What am I writing for anyway? Is it like dreaming? Is it a benevolent process? Something that moves the past forward? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selima-hill/what-am-i-writing-for-anyway-is-it-like-dreaming-is-it-a-benevolent/) [Selima Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selima-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/selima-hill-35243_benevolent_what-am-i-writing-for-anyway-is-it-like_103175.jpg) > [You can't move on from your past if you will not try to step out away from your past. Move forward, step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-move-on-from-your-past-if-you-will-not-try-to-step-out-away/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/anonymous-1_move-forward_you-can-t-move-on-from-your-past-if-you_3034793.jpg) > ['Young Love' is about falling in love and dealing with your past so you can move forward. I wanted it to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-kearney/young-love-is-about-falling-in-love-and-dealing-with-your-past-so-you/) [Mat Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-kearney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/mat-kearney-3612_falling_young-love-is-about-falling-in-love-and_2242973.png) > [The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past You can't go forward in life until You let go of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-brightest-future-will-always-be-based-on-a-forgotten-past-you-can-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/anonymous-1_amazing-life_the-brightest-future-will-always-be-base_2808935.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-forward/#itemlist", "name": "Past Forward Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you're stuck in the past, you go forward in reverse”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Josh Stern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-stern/if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forward-in-reverse/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/josh-stern-2480_forward_if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forwa_1037615.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/josh-stern-2480_forward_if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forwa_1037615.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/josh-stern-2480_forward_if-you-re-stuck-in-the-past-you-go-forwa_1037615.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're stuck in the past, you go forward in reverse” — Josh Stern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you spend too much time living in the past, you never move forward”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the-past-you-never-move-forward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jodi-picoult-45_life_if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the_48936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jodi-picoult-45_life_if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the_48936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jodi-picoult-45_life_if-you-spend-too-much-time-living-in-the_48936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you spend too much time living in the past, you never move forward” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do not look back to the past, nor forward to the future. 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