--- title: "27 Past Happened Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 27 Past Happened quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Past Happened sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/victoria-van-tiem-53616_future_the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-m_2568446.jpg" --- > [“The past has happened and i'm defining my future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-van-tiem/the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-my-future/) [Victoria Van Tiem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-van-tiem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/victoria-van-tiem-53616_future_the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-m_2568446.jpg) > [the past is not only that which happened but also that which could have happened but did not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gallagher/the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened-but-also-that-which-could/) [Tess Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gallagher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tess-gallagher-40611_happened_the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened_2994444.png) > [If time travel were possible, you still wouldn't be able to change the past - it's already happened!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-m-carroll/if-time-travel-were-possible-you-still-wouldn-t-be-able-to-change-the/) [Sean M. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-m-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/sean-m-carroll-14197_change_if-time-travel-were-possible-you-still-w_450012.jpg) > [I don't concern myself with the past and what happened, I am on the path. I came from there; it's apart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-cannonier/i-don-t-concern-myself-with-the-past-and-what-happened-i-am-on-the/) [Jared Cannonier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-cannonier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/jared-cannonier-6014_come_i-don-t-concern-myself-with-the-past-and_1581362.jpg) > [“I’d spent years saving for a future that was never coming to protect myself from a past that had already happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geneen-roth/i-d-spent-years-saving-for-a-future-that-was-never-coming-to-protect/) [Geneen Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geneen-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/geneen-roth-3050_time_i-d-spent-years-saving-for-a-future-that_853038.jpg) > [I don't want to keep talking about my upbringing because people always resort to the past and what happened when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-crawford/i-don-t-want-to-keep-talking-about-my-upbringing-because-people/) [Terence Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/terence-crawford-6616_always_i-don-t-want-to-keep-talking-about-my-up_238217.jpg) > [The past has already happened, The future is what's yet to come, but everyday will always be a gift. That is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/the-past-has-already-happened-the-future-is-what-s-yet-to-come-but/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/nishan-panwar-14_time_the-past-has-already-happened-the-future_1655253.jpg) > [Don't live for the past, it already happened. neither the future, it will soon happened. live in the present it is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deity/don-t-live-for-the-past-it-already-happened-neither-the-future-it/) [deity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/deity-60405_bad-relationship_don-t-live-for-the-past-it-already-happe_861551.jpg) > [I can never change my past, it's already happened anyway. All I can do is make the best of today, let go,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/i-can-never-change-my-past-it-s-already-happened-anyway-all-i-can-do/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/nishan-panwar-14_change_i-can-never-change-my-past-it-s-already_2040198.jpg) > [“I always found it so ironic, how the people from the past would do anything to see what happened everywhere else in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silje-jensen/i-always-found-it-so-ironic-how-the-people-from-the-past-would-do/) [Silje Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silje-jensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/silje-jensen-278334_cellphone_i-always-found-it-so-ironic-how-the-peop_2090638.jpg) > [Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/nothing-has-happened-in-the-past-it-happened-in-the-now-nothing-will/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/eckhart-tolle-81_future_nothing-has-happened-in-the-past-it-happ_2522034.jpg) > [I like how people are quick to tell me, Takia you have to forget the past, You can't keep living in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takia-watson/i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-takia-you-have-to-forget-the/) [Takia Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/takia-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/takia-watson-74359_forget-the-past_i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-t_307428.jpg) > [Whatever occurred in your past happened for a reason & thats okay because it made you who you are today. A beautiful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened-for-a-reason-thats-okay/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/anonymous-1_i-love-you_whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened_730790.jpg) > [Everybody always says how they wish they could go back in the past and change things they've done in the past or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they-could-go-back-in-the-past/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anonymous-1_change-things_everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they_162256.jpg) > [A woman journalist in England asked me why Americans usually wrote about their childhood and a past that happened only in imagination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-why-americans-usually-wrote/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/john-steinbeck-71_book_a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-w_2743343.jpg) > [It's time for me to stop being so afraid. It's time for me to let go of the past. What happened, happened.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid-it-s-time-for-me-to-let-go/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/anonymous-1_afraid_it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid_722019.jpg) > [“I live in the past. I take everything that has happened to me and arrange it. From a distance like that, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-live-in-the-past-i-take-everything-that-has-happened-to-me-and/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/jean-paul-sartre-220_past_i-live-in-the-past-i-take-everything-tha_819137.png) > [Also, having grown up in England, you walk around London, you're passing relics that are a thousand years old - the wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-millar/also-having-grown-up-in-england-you-walk-around-london-you-re-passing/) [Miles Millar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-millar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/miles-millar-31150_day-life_also-having-grown-up-in-england-you-walk_966004.jpg) > [As a scientist I must be mindful of the past; all too often it has happened that matters of great value to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-allen-hynek/as-a-scientist-i-must-be-mindful-of-the-past-all-too-often-it-has/) [J. Allen Hynek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-allen-hynek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/j-allen-hynek-40437_accepted_as-a-scientist-i-must-be-mindful-of-the_1811177.jpg) > [“Past and history are not the same. Past is what happened. It consists of events that affected the patient's self, some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-bollas/past-and-history-are-not-the-same-past-is-what-happened-it-consists/) [Christopher Bollas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-bollas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/christopher-bollas-75244_history_past-and-history-are-not-the-same-past-i_1561610.jpg) > [“The past was something that had happened to another version of himself, a version that could be lit and hurled away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/the-past-was-something-that-had-happened-to-another-version-of/) [Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/maggie-stiefvater-76_mind_the-past-was-something-that-had-happened_1404678.png) > [“Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/nothing-ever-happened-in-the-past-it-happened-in-the-now-nothing-will/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/eckhart-tolle-81_future_nothing-ever-happened-in-the-past-it-hap_3074601.jpg) > [Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/events-once-happened-lose-reality-alter-with-a-glance-a-storm-a-night/) [Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/alan-lightman-2270_events_events-once-happened-lose-reality-alter_2061481.jpg) > [Just try to live in moment as much as you can each pitch, not worry about what happened after the past has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-kershaw/just-try-to-live-in-moment-as-much-as-you-can-each-pitch-not-worry/) [Clayton Kershaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-kershaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/clayton-kershaw-4174_live_just-try-to-live-in-moment-as-much-as-yo_1270911.png) > [“The present doesn’t change the past. Is the fact that the past happened enough to make the present good? Is the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-the-fact-that-the-past/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/m-h-herlong-33867_time_the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-t_2871487.jpg) > [“Of course South Africa is not perfect. We have extreme social issues and many scars left over from the past. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-radloff/of-course-south-africa-is-not-perfect-we-have-extreme-social-issues/) [Lili Radloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lili-radloff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/lili-radloff-256701_social-issues_of-course-south-africa-is-not-perfect-we_1021154.jpg) > [What happened in my past happened. What's the term - don't cry over spilled milk? That's the thing people don't understand. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saroo-brierley/what-happened-in-my-past-happened-what-s-the-term-don-t-cry-over/) [Saroo Brierley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saroo-brierley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/saroo-brierley-13154_end_what-happened-in-my-past-happened-what-s_1333111.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-happened/#itemlist", "name": "Past Happened Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The past has happened and i'm defining my future.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victoria Van Tiem" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-van-tiem/the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-my-future/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/victoria-van-tiem-53616_future_the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-m_2568446.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/victoria-van-tiem-53616_future_the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-m_2568446.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/victoria-van-tiem-53616_future_the-past-has-happened-and-i-m-defining-m_2568446.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The past has happened and i'm defining my future.” — Victoria Van Tiem", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "the past is not only that which happened but also that which could have happened but did not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tess Gallagher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gallagher/the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened-but-also-that-which-could/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tess-gallagher-40611_happened_the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened_2994444.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tess-gallagher-40611_happened_the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened_2994444.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tess-gallagher-40611_happened_the-past-is-not-only-that-which-happened_2994444.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the past is not only that which happened but also that which could have happened but did not.” — Tess Gallagher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If time travel were possible, you still wouldn't be able to change the past - it's already happened!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean M. 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How about I take you for a walk through what happened to me and lets see if you can still say the same things, if you can shrug off what happened like you do now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Takia Watson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takia-watson/i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-takia-you-have-to-forget-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/takia-watson-74359_forget-the-past_i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-t_307428.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/takia-watson-74359_forget-the-past_i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-t_307428.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/takia-watson-74359_forget-the-past_i-like-how-people-are-quick-to-tell-me-t_307428.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like how people are quick to tell me, Takia you have to forget the past, You can't keep living in the…” — Takia Watson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever occurred in your past happened for a reason & thats okay because it made you who you are today. A beautiful, wise, & a kind person. You didnt deserve what you had in the past but I can make it disappear. Your fears. Ill take care of you because I love you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened-for-a-reason-thats-okay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/anonymous-1_i-love-you_whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened_730790.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/anonymous-1_i-love-you_whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened_730790.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/anonymous-1_i-love-you_whatever-occurred-in-your-past-happened_730790.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever occurred in your past happened for a reason & thats okay because it made you who you are today. A…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody always says how they wish they could go back in the past and change things they've done in the past or what happened in the past,but I don't because everything I did or went though has made me smarter and stranger and has made me who I am today :)", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they-could-go-back-in-the-past/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anonymous-1_change-things_everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they_162256.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anonymous-1_change-things_everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they_162256.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/anonymous-1_change-things_everybody-always-says-how-they-wish-they_162256.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody always says how they wish they could go back in the past and change things they've done in the…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A woman journalist in England asked me why Americans usually wrote about their childhood and a past that happened only in imagination, why they never wrote about the present. This bothered me until I realized why - that a novelist wants to know how it comes out, that he can't be omnipotent writing a book about the present, particularly this one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-why-americans-usually-wrote/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/john-steinbeck-71_book_a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-w_2743343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/john-steinbeck-71_book_a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-w_2743343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/john-steinbeck-71_book_a-woman-journalist-in-england-asked-me-w_2743343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A woman journalist in England asked me why Americans usually wrote about their childhood and a past that…” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's time for me to stop being so afraid. It's time for me to let go of the past. What happened, happened. It doesn't matter how many times I go over it in my head, think about what I should've done. It's too late. It's not going to change anything. I can't change the past, but I can better shape my future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid-it-s-time-for-me-to-let-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/anonymous-1_afraid_it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid_722019.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/anonymous-1_afraid_it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid_722019.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/anonymous-1_afraid_it-s-time-for-me-to-stop-being-so-afraid_722019.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's time for me to stop being so afraid. It's time for me to let go of the past. 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