The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
Mexico is now a country where we have justice and a rule of law that didn't exist here in past years.
Our past shapes our future whether we realize it or not. Remembering well is as important as doing well." -- Jonita Mullins
The facts about our past are powerless against the blood of Jesus and the Truth of His Word.
One of my resolutions is to quit smoking. I've tried for the past two years, but this year I am going to stick with it.
People's attitudes have been changing over the past 15 years, but China is still the world's biggest consumer of dogs.
Forgiveness is a virtue of beauty. You learn to see a person no longer defined by a past but one that has re-created itself anew.
Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.
Peter Aykroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. Thse are the little touches that make it past come alive.
Do you believe in love at first sight? Or do I need to walk past again?
Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.
I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.
My past is not pleasant; I grew up in a very tough town, Waterbury, Connecticut. I grew up in New York, too, but Waterbury was tougher.
My past takes no hostages, no prisoners. I've let go of yesterday and am free to receive the beautiful gift of the present.
If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past.
Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that it doesn't do enough.
From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would be.
The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.
A dark horse riderless, bolts like a phantom past the winning post, his mane moonflowing, his eyeballs stars.
Our children may learn about the heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves the architects of the future.
The present is what is happening when you strip away all the resentments of your past and all the worries you have about your future.
