“The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it, haltingly, and not often with much insight into it.” PeoplePastLanguageCan DoInsightHereafter Book:the American Language Source: the American Language
“The single most empowering thing we can do for ourselves is to transform fear. While fear contains tremendous power, it doesn't propel us forward and upward, but, rather, drags us down and chains us to the past. Freeing ourselves from fear is a loving intention because, as fear subsides, we are better able to access the soft, sweet power of our hearts, which naturally leads to loving ourselves and others more freely and completely.” HeartAblePastFearCan DoSweetDown AndIntentionAccessChainsEmpoweringDrag Author:Sue Thoele
“On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.” HeartPastLeftCan DoGriefMy HeartPainfulLeafsWitheredTime And ChangePainful PastWithered Leaves Author:Richard Henry Horne
“I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.” PeopleBelieveI CanImportantHelpingPastYoungCan DoImportant Things Author:John C. Stennis
“I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids' dreams but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We've all stumbled and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.” ThinkingWayBelieveHelpingDreamKidsPastCan DoWalksNumbersDeserveGet UpStumbling Author:Dwayne Johnson
“At every crossway on the path that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past. Let us have no fear that the fair towers of former days be sufficiently defended. The least that the most timid among us can do is not to add to the immense dead weight that nature drags along.” MenPastSpiritCan DoPathThousandFairsWeightAddFormerPersistenceProgressiveDragImmenseTowersNo FearHave No Fear Author:Maurice Maeterlinck
“The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by hate, by misinformation, by ignorance, by indifference. Science has accomplished miracles over the past 20 years, and science can now end this disease - but it cannot end the epidemic. We need more than medicine. We can do something about these things. We need to speak out about the changes we need to make in our society.” NeedsYearsEndsPastHateSpeakCan DoIgnoranceDiseaseMiracleMedicineAidsIndifferenceAccomplishedOur SocietyVirusesOver The PastStigmaEpidemicsSpeaks OutCan Do SomethingMisinformationAids Epidemic Author:Elton John
“That's my sole purpose in life is to sit here today and tell you that you can do this, in any life. You can do this in one of your past lives, in a future life, or right now. I prefer now.” TodayPastLife IsPurposeCan DoBuddhismRight NowPurpose Of LifeSoleOur PastYour PastRamaPast LifeFuture Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again.” WorldShouldPastFormCan DoAtheismPositive AtheismDogmatic Author:Theodore Dreiser
“And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And he or she needs to know what God can do. Your honest portrayal of your past may be the courage for another's future.” KnowsNeedsMayGodStoriesPastCan DoCourageShareHonestHonestyLike YouFutureOur PastYour PastPortrayal Book:The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life Source: The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life
“Every time I get sexually harassed, I'm supposed to turn around and yell at the person, but there are safety issues. Sometimes the best thing you can do it just walk right past that person and have a great day. But sometimes you feel like you really need to say something.” NeedsFeelsPersonsSometimesPastTurnsCan DoWalksIssuesLike YouSafetyBest ThingsYou Can Do ItSexuallyGreat DayHave A Great Day Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I'm not an addict and I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can't change the past. And I can apologize to my family and my friends and my colleagues and the people.” PeopleMadeI CanPastCan DoMistakeDrugMy FriendsMy FamilyApologizingColleaguesAddictCan't ChangeMade A MistakeIt Is What It IsI Made A MistakeCan't Change The Past Author:Rob Ford
“I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient where there is no redress. The mighty can do no more, and the wise seldom do as much. ... I am resolved to make the best of all circumstances around me, that this short life may not be half lost in pains ... Between the periods of birth and burial, I would fain insert a little happiness, a little pleasure, a little peace: to-day is ours, yesterday is past, and to-morrow may never come.” MayLittlesPhilosophyWisdomPainPastLostEasyCan DoPleasureHalfWiseAcceptanceBirthPeriodsCircumstancesDrinkPatientYesterdayGladEndeavorMerryBeing WiseMorrowShort LifeBurialInsertRedress Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“It's OK to argue with your friends. Guys can do it better than girls, usually, but if you ever get into a fight with a true friend or a spouse or a boyfriend, get it out, fight, be angry for five minutes, and then move past it. Don't let it fester; don't hold a grudge. If you do, that's when it will get worse and worse.” IfsPastMovingGuyGirlFightingCan DoFiveMinutesAngryArguingSpouseFive MinutesTrue FriendGrudge Author:Ike Barinholtz
“My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds so funny to people, comparing yourself to someone in the past that has done so much, and in your life you’re not even allowed to think that you can do as much. That’s a mentality that suppresses humanity.” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensArtDonePastHumanitySoundGoalCan DoGreaterFineCompareMentalityFine ArtsOxfordOxford UniversityComparing Yourself Author:Kanye West
“Life's so brief,” she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do if we think it will be of any interest or value, to share the past. And although mine's been crooked, it's also been splendid. It's taught me to be vulnerable and humble, to write this book.” IfsThinkingWritingBookPastFacesValuesInterestCan DoShareMinesTaughtGoes OnHumbleVulnerableStaringMortalitySplendidCrookedJuncture Author:Kate Mulgrew
“Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.” ThinkingWritingI CanHardDonePastLife IsThreeBitsCan DoGoneFiveMaterialsAnxietyJokesPressureCome UpRelaxScreenplaysI Can Do ItParalyzed Author:Steve Martin
“What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.” NeedsDonePastNextCan DoDetermine Author:Ken Robinson
“That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.” NeedsMindI CanPastCan DoStepsWallProudTricksThresholdPush YourselfProud Of YouI Can Do ThisProud Of YourselfMind Playing Author:Kerri Walsh
“I can no longer serve justice in the way I have attempted to do during the past 30 years - I can do it only in the way I have now chosen.” WayYearsI CanPastCan DoJusticeChosenI Can Do It Author:Bram Fischer