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title: "19 Past Moment Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Past Moment quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Past Moment sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ca/henry-david-thoreau-20_experience_the-experience-of-every-past-moment-but_2420188.jpg"
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> [The experience of every past moment but belies the faith of each present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-experience-of-every-past-moment-but-belies-the-faith-of-each/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Hang out in the present not the future or the past.Each moment is His gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/regina-malabago/hang-out-in-the-present-not-the-future-or-the-past-each-moment-is-his/)

[Regina Malabago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/regina-malabago/)

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> [All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/all-the-past-up-to-a-moment-ago-is-your-legacy-you-have-a-right-to-it/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

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> [There is no tomorrow, for no one can see past this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/there-is-no-tomorrow-for-no-one-can-see-past-this-moment/)

[Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/)

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> [I've seen death in the past and hope in the future. All I've is a now for I can not see past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-limn/i-ve-seen-death-in-the-past-and-hope-in-the-future-all-i-ve-is-a-now/)

[Jeremy Limn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-limn/)

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> [How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/how-real-is-any-of-the-past-being-every-moment-revalued-to-make-the/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

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> [We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-cannot-overstate-our-debt-to-the-past-but-the-moment-has-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“The moment you start owning your past is the moment you start changing your future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-m-fields/the-moment-you-start-owning-your-past-is-the-moment-you-start/)

[L.M. Fields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-m-fields/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/l-m-fields-13801_inspiration_the-moment-you-start-owning-your-past-is_1753745.jpg)

> [There's nothing in the future and there's nothing in the past. There is only this one moment, and you've got to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-hitchcock/there-s-nothing-in-the-future-and-there-s-nothing-in-the-past-there/)

[Robyn Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-hitchcock/)

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> [“The very old, he thought, make our past. Once they go it seems for a moment that neither it nor we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/the-very-old-he-thought-make-our-past-once-they-go-it-seems-for-a/)

[P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/)

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> [“Ludlow put a hand on his arm. "A friend of mine used to say, 'You cannot change the past, but every moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-e-higgins/ludlow-put-a-hand-on-his-arm-a-friend-of-mine-used-to-say-you-cannot/)

[F.E. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-e-higgins/)

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> [“What's the point in living on past the moment when those we have loved have left us? And how can we ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cath-crowley/what-s-the-point-in-living-on-past-the-moment-when-those-we-have/)

[Cath Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cath-crowley/)

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> [Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/die-to-the-past-every-moment-you-don-t-need-it-only-refer-to-it-when/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [This moment - the one you're experiencing right now - is the culmination of all the moments you have experienced in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/this-moment-the-one-you-re-experiencing-right-now-is-the-culmination/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/deepak-chopra-63_change_this-moment-the-one-you-re-experiencing_1584692.jpg)

> [So briefly do we raise our heads, so quick sink back. For a moment we are lifted by a wave of time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-wheelis/so-briefly-do-we-raise-our-heads-so-quick-sink-back-for-a-moment-we/)

[Allen Wheelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-wheelis/)

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> [The past is always - one moment it's what happened three minutes ago, and one minute it's what happened 30 years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin/the-past-is-always-one-moment-it-s-what-happened-three-minutes-ago/)

[W. S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin/)

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> [When you don't flow freely with life in the present moment, it usually means that you're holding on to a past moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/when-you-don-t-flow-freely-with-life-in-the-present-moment-it-usually/)

[Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/louise-hay-598_anger-resentment_when-you-don-t-flow-freely-with-life-in_1823008.jpg)

> [Human has always striven to retain the past, to keep it convincing; there's nothing wicked in that. Without it we have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/human-has-always-striven-to-retain-the-past-to-keep-it-convincing/)

[Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/)

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> [I think I learned a lot from my past, it's made me become what I am now at this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hakim-ziyech/i-think-i-learned-a-lot-from-my-past-it-s-made-me-become-what-i-am/)

[Hakim Ziyech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hakim-ziyech/)

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