“You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun...My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future?” IfsShouldSeemsPastLyingFallFunLove YouDangerousGreatnessTearsHabitMy FamilyPressesFalling In LoveJournalistBeastWeekendMondayFridayLiving In The PastNever Fall In Love Author:Stephen L. Carter
“I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship. And my word is this: I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are, and not as you should be. Because you’re never going to be as you should be.” KnowsShouldWholeMomentsStoriesPastPrayerSinLove YouRight NowShameDareWhole LifeOur PastShallowClosetsDiscipleshipYour PastDishonestyLife StorySkeletonsInconsistentPrayer Life Author:Brennan Manning
“Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky And I must think a little of the past: When I was ten I told a stinking lie That got a black boy whipped.” ThinkingLittlesPastLyingBlackChristBoysSkyLove YouTenGuiltRingsChristmasBlack Boy Book:Collected Poems, 1919-1976 Source: Collected Poems, 1919-1976
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?” IfsLoveFirstsMayMatterMomentsLastsPastWomenRelationshipLove YouLoversFutureMusicianMen And WomenInspirational LoveLive In The MomentMoments In TimeReggaePast Present FutureLove AgainReggae MusicPast LoveInspirational RelationshipMay Not Be PerfectFuture Love Author:Bob Marley
“The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.” WayMomentsPastLove YouLetting GoBest WayPresent MomentLive Your LifeHere And NowLive In The PresentSaying Thank YouSay I Love YouDoing Your BestThank You GodFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Anytime that we - and when I say "we," I mean feminine people, trans feminine folk, women - do anything that is centered on our own pleasure or desire, it's seen as frivolous. But learning how to love your own body and finding pleasure in something that has brought you pain [in the past] is so important. I think that it's probably a greater struggle for trans folk, because we struggle more with our bodies.” PeopleThinkingMeanImportantPainPastDesirePleasureStruggleLove YouFeminine Author:Janet Mock
“No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!” IfsWantMatterTodayPastSinWalksHappenedLove YouVictoryPromiseRight NowNo Matter WhatGod LoveFaith In GodGod Loves YouWalk By FaithGood FutureVictory Over Sin Author:Joyce Meyer
“We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.” LovePastMarriageLove YouPositivityCaringThriveEmpowering WomenExtendingWomen Empowering WomenEmpowering Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“For I love the empress of my soul. I love and I cannot but love. You yourself see the whole of me. I shall fly to her, fall down before her: you were right to walk past me.. farewell and forget your victim, never trouble yourself more!” SoulWholePastFallWalksForgetTroubleLove YouVictimMy SoulFarewellFalling DownEmpresses Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“He stared past her to the place at the other end of the dining table where Regina would sit as his wife. If she were here. If he hadn’t driven her away. “I’m not sure I know how to love, Louisa.” She took his hand. “Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.” IfsKnowsEndsHardHandsPastEasyKnow HowWifeLove YouFindingsTablesDrivenSillyNot SureDiningHow To LoveBeing SillyFinding SomeoneDining Table Book:To Pleasure a Prince Source: To Pleasure a Prince
“God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.” WayMeanMomentsGodDreamActionPastEnjoyAliveLove YouRight NowLetting GoHappeningsSurrenderBest WayPresent MomentLive Your LifeLet It GoHere And NowLive In The PresentAway From YouSaying Thank YouSay I Love YouDoing Your BestThank You GodFour Agreements Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You yourself never loved; you never love! Yes, I too can love; you yourselves can tell it from the past. Is it not so?” PastLove YouCount Dracula Book:Dracula Source: Dracula
“I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles.” YearsChildrenTogetherPastLove YouI Love YouMy FutureMy PastYour SmileMy Smile Author:Julia Quinn
“I can't. At least not for a while. I need time to get past this and I can't guarantee that I won't hurt him again. God knows, Nick has a true gift for saying the wrong thing in any given situation. (Acheron) You know he loves you, right? (Amanda) Yeah, but emotions don't have brains. (Acheron)” KnowsNeedsI CanPastGivenHurtEmotionBrainSituationLove YouYeahGuaranteesGod KnowsWrong ThingsGuarantees ThatTime Of NeedAmandaTrue GiftsSaying The Wrong ThingI Need Time Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“In the past seven years of love-making he had heard the words "I love you" so many times: from the mouths of widows and children, from prostitutes, family friends, travelers, and adulterous wives. Women said "I love you" without his ever speaking. "The more you love someone," he came to think, "the harder it is to tell them." It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say "I love you".” ThinkingYearsChildrenSaidPastWifeHeardStreetsLove YouMouthsHarderSevenStrangerTravelerSeven YearsLove SomeoneWidowsLove MakingFamily FriendsSay I Love YouYears Of Love Author:Jonathan Safran Foer