If you had a bad experience in the past, don't get stuck with them. It may be easier said than done, but you have to keep moving forward with your life. Challenges may be inevitable, but remember that the most important thing is the lesson you've learned through them. May these keep moving forward quotes give you helpful insights on handling and overcoming the struggles of life.
1. “If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” – Paulo Coelho
2. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” – Seneca
3. “Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. “Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!” – Edwin C. Bliss
5. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.” – John Wooden
6. “Let us not bankrupt our today's by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.” – Ralph W. Sockman
7. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it, it's only good for wallowing in.” – Katherine Mansfield
8. “You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” – Charles Kettering
9. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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10. “Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to his love, and the future to his providence.” – Augustine of Hippo
11. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” – Bill Keane
12. “Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.” – Mason Cooley
13. “No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future.” – Hugh B. Brown
14. “Living in the past is kind of like living in a coffin, it's totally constraining, and ends up being a lid on your growth.” – Anonymous
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15. “Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.” – William Durant
16. “The past should be culled like a box of fresh strawberries, rinsed of debris, sweetened judiciously and served in small portions, not very often.” – Laura Palmer
17. “It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.” – Jim Rohn
18. “On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” – Aldous Huxley
19. “I learned that one could never go back. That one should not ever try to go back, that the essence of life is going forward. Life is a one-way street.” – Agatha Christie
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20. “Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.” – Tom Clancy
21. “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” – John Newton
22. “Sometimes God closes doors because it’s time to move forward. He knows you won’t move unless your circumstances force you. Trust the transition. God’s got you.” – Anonymous
23. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Anonymous
24. “Here is the key to being free from the stranglehold of past failures and mistakes: Learn the lesson and forget the details.” – John Landis Mason
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25. “If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.” – Joyce Chapman
26. “If you face squarely into the sunlight, and gaze squarely toward the future, you will find that both your shadow and your failures have fallen behind you.” – Anonymous
27. “Many people can't achieve the success of their dreams because they won't leave their past behind. They won't tear down the monuments they've built to their old hurts and problems.” – Anonymous
28. “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber
29. “Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
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30. “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.” – Douglas Ivester
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31. “We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.” – Denis Waitley
32. “Life is about moving on, accepting changes and looking forward to what makes you stronger and more complete.” – Anonymous
33. “People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.” – Bill Cosby
34. “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson
35. “Your past is not your potential. At any hour, you can choose to liberate the future.” – Marilyn Ferguson
36. “You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.” – Anonymous
37. “Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.” – Alban Goodier
38. “We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery
39. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis
40. “When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.” – George C. Marshall
41. “It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.” – Anonymous
42. “I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” – Lauren Bacall
43. “Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.” – Arabic Proverb
44. “Be brave and take risks. Have faith in yourself. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.” – Roy T. Bennett
45. “Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius
46. “It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” – Paulo Coelho
47. “Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.” – Zena Wynn
48. “Because my life isn't going to wait around while I figure out how to make it work.” – Susane Colasanti
49. “Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?” – Doug Cooper
50. “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.” – Alyson Noel
51. “I have to get my life back on track. Order as an antidote to chaos. Calm after the storm.” – Susane Colasanti
52. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney
53. “If a castle gets destroyed, you just build a new one. If you wanted me to I'd build them over and over. Let's build them together.” – Fuyumi Soryo
54. “I thought following a straight road would lead me right to my destination. Like the road would just take me there because I was following all the rules. And if the road curved, I couldn't be sure about where I was going. But look where it got me. Maybe it's time for a detour.” – Susane Colasanti
55. “Maybe we tried to leave as much memories of ourselves with each other because we knew one day we wouldn't be together any more.” – Makoto Shinkai
56. “No matter how much darkness life brings, fight, because darkness can't exist without lights. As long as we're alive and trying, we'll get through this hell.” – Jessica E. Larsen
57. “When the world is at your back, and your heart is at your feet, the best way to go on is to just 'be.” – Jennifer Varnadore
58. “Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.” – Susane Colasanti
59. “I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.” – Shannon A. Thompson
60. “My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It's happened before, and it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive. I'll find love again.” – Paulo Coelho
61. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer.” – Denis Waitley
62. “You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” – Jan Glidewell
63. “You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.” – Anonymous
64. “Moving forward first requires a step to be taken.” – Chase S.M. Neill
65. “Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.” – Gordon B. Hinkley
66. “It is important for us to let go of the hurt and pain our past left behind and open up to the possibilities of what the future may hold.” – Ron Walker
67. “What is past is past and it does not forebode well to relive past mistakes or transgressions. Move forward rather than being stuck in the past. No one can redo the past but everyone can create a better future.” – Byron Pulsifer
68. “When you bring peace to your past, you can move forward to your future.” – Anonymous
69. “Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.” – Olga Korbut
70. “Just keep moving forward and don’t give a damn about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.” – Johnny Depp
71. “Starting over can be challenging, but also it can be a great opportunity to do things differently.” – Catherine Pulsifer
72. “You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward. Just take the next step.” – Anonymous
73. “Start today by imagining the life you want in the future and taking one practice step towards it.” – Denise Duffield Thomas
74. “Stop focusing on what happened and start focusing on what’s going to move you forward.” – Anonymous
75. “If you make a mistake, no matter what, correct your error and keep moving forward.” – Alex Altman
76. “Let's dare to promote ourselves to better 'us' by working hard and moving forward instead of regretting and rewinding the past.” – Pantea Kalhor
77. “Are the people around you holding you back or empowering you to move forward? If your life is going nowhere, take a look at the group of people you hang around with.” – Les Brown
78. “Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, walk with your legs, and move on.” – Paulo Coelho
79. “Take the changes in stride, and understand that you may have setbacks. Instead of focusing on that, make sure to keep moving forward.” – Esther King
80. “Every great journey begins with one step and it begins with moving forward, turning on the engine, and shifting into the right gear at the right time. Remember, going through pain is temporary and it will subside, but quitting on the other hand lasts forever.” – Louie Herron
81. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” – Seneca
82. “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
83. “Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.” – Jerry Cantrell
84. “Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” – Denis Waitley
85. “Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” – Yoko Ono
86. “We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.” – Mattie Stepanek
87. “Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia
88. “Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.” – Nikolai Gogol
89. “Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.” – Ann Landers
90. “Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have; life itself.” – Walter Anderson
91. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.” – Dave Pelzer
92. “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
93. “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
94. “Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” – Sai Baba
95. “I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.” – Carl Sandburg
96. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
97. “You are allowed to let go of all those that do not set you free anymore.” – Dhiman
98. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder
99. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” – Steve Maraboli
100. “Keep planting and sowing, living and knowing: beautiful things take time, and that is okay.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
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2. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” – Seneca
3. “Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. “Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!” – Edwin C. Bliss
5. “If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.” – John Wooden
6. “Let us not bankrupt our today's by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.” – Ralph W. Sockman
7. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it, it's only good for wallowing in.” – Katherine Mansfield
8. “You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.” – Charles Kettering
9. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” – Bill Keane
12. “Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.” – Mason Cooley
13. “No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future.” – Hugh B. Brown
14. “Living in the past is kind of like living in a coffin, it's totally constraining, and ends up being a lid on your growth.” – Anonymous
16. “The past should be culled like a box of fresh strawberries, rinsed of debris, sweetened judiciously and served in small portions, not very often.” – Laura Palmer
17. “It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.” – Jim Rohn
18. “On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.” – Aldous Huxley
19. “I learned that one could never go back. That one should not ever try to go back, that the essence of life is going forward. Life is a one-way street.” – Agatha Christie
21. “We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.” – John Newton
22. “Sometimes God closes doors because it’s time to move forward. He knows you won’t move unless your circumstances force you. Trust the transition. God’s got you.” – Anonymous
23. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Anonymous
24. “Here is the key to being free from the stranglehold of past failures and mistakes: Learn the lesson and forget the details.” – John Landis Mason
26. “If you face squarely into the sunlight, and gaze squarely toward the future, you will find that both your shadow and your failures have fallen behind you.” – Anonymous
27. “Many people can't achieve the success of their dreams because they won't leave their past behind. They won't tear down the monuments they've built to their old hurts and problems.” – Anonymous
28. “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber
29. “Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
More Quotes about Moving On in Life
31. “We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be.” – Denis Waitley
32. “Life is about moving on, accepting changes and looking forward to what makes you stronger and more complete.” – Anonymous
33. “People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.” – Bill Cosby
34. “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson
35. “Your past is not your potential. At any hour, you can choose to liberate the future.” – Marilyn Ferguson
36. “You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.” – Anonymous
37. “Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.” – Alban Goodier
38. “We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.” – Lucy Maud Montgomery
39. “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – C.S. Lewis
40. “When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.” – George C. Marshall
41. “It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.” – Anonymous
42. “I am not a has-been. I am a will be.” – Lauren Bacall
43. “Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.” – Arabic Proverb
44. “Be brave and take risks. Have faith in yourself. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.” – Roy T. Bennett
45. “Study the past if you would define the future.” – Confucius
46. “It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” – Paulo Coelho
47. “Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.” – Zena Wynn
48. “Because my life isn't going to wait around while I figure out how to make it work.” – Susane Colasanti
49. “Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?” – Doug Cooper
50. “The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.” – Alyson Noel
51. “I have to get my life back on track. Order as an antidote to chaos. Calm after the storm.” – Susane Colasanti
52. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney
53. “If a castle gets destroyed, you just build a new one. If you wanted me to I'd build them over and over. Let's build them together.” – Fuyumi Soryo
54. “I thought following a straight road would lead me right to my destination. Like the road would just take me there because I was following all the rules. And if the road curved, I couldn't be sure about where I was going. But look where it got me. Maybe it's time for a detour.” – Susane Colasanti
55. “Maybe we tried to leave as much memories of ourselves with each other because we knew one day we wouldn't be together any more.” – Makoto Shinkai
56. “No matter how much darkness life brings, fight, because darkness can't exist without lights. As long as we're alive and trying, we'll get through this hell.” – Jessica E. Larsen
57. “When the world is at your back, and your heart is at your feet, the best way to go on is to just 'be.” – Jennifer Varnadore
58. “Because if you take a risk, you just might find what you're looking for.” – Susane Colasanti
59. “I can’t take back the past, but I can fight for the future.” – Shannon A. Thompson
60. “My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more. It's happened before, and it will happen again, I'm sure. When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive. I'll find love again.” – Paulo Coelho
61. “Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energy moving forward together towards an answer.” – Denis Waitley
62. “You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” – Jan Glidewell
63. “You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.” – Anonymous
64. “Moving forward first requires a step to be taken.” – Chase S.M. Neill
65. “Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.” – Gordon B. Hinkley
66. “It is important for us to let go of the hurt and pain our past left behind and open up to the possibilities of what the future may hold.” – Ron Walker
67. “What is past is past and it does not forebode well to relive past mistakes or transgressions. Move forward rather than being stuck in the past. No one can redo the past but everyone can create a better future.” – Byron Pulsifer
68. “When you bring peace to your past, you can move forward to your future.” – Anonymous
69. “Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.” – Olga Korbut
70. “Just keep moving forward and don’t give a damn about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you.” – Johnny Depp
71. “Starting over can be challenging, but also it can be a great opportunity to do things differently.” – Catherine Pulsifer
72. “You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward. Just take the next step.” – Anonymous
73. “Start today by imagining the life you want in the future and taking one practice step towards it.” – Denise Duffield Thomas
74. “Stop focusing on what happened and start focusing on what’s going to move you forward.” – Anonymous
75. “If you make a mistake, no matter what, correct your error and keep moving forward.” – Alex Altman
76. “Let's dare to promote ourselves to better 'us' by working hard and moving forward instead of regretting and rewinding the past.” – Pantea Kalhor
77. “Are the people around you holding you back or empowering you to move forward? If your life is going nowhere, take a look at the group of people you hang around with.” – Les Brown
78. “Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, walk with your legs, and move on.” – Paulo Coelho
79. “Take the changes in stride, and understand that you may have setbacks. Instead of focusing on that, make sure to keep moving forward.” – Esther King
80. “Every great journey begins with one step and it begins with moving forward, turning on the engine, and shifting into the right gear at the right time. Remember, going through pain is temporary and it will subside, but quitting on the other hand lasts forever.” – Louie Herron
81. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” – Seneca
82. “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
83. “Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.” – Jerry Cantrell
84. “Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” – Denis Waitley
85. “Healing yourself is connected with healing others.” – Yoko Ono
86. “We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.” – Mattie Stepanek
87. “Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.” – Leo Buscaglia
88. “Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.” – Nikolai Gogol
89. “Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.” – Ann Landers
90. “Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have; life itself.” – Walter Anderson
91. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.” – Dave Pelzer
92. “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
93. “Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” – Tori Amos
94. “Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” – Sai Baba
95. “I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.” – Carl Sandburg
96. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
97. “You are allowed to let go of all those that do not set you free anymore.” – Dhiman
98. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder
99. “It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.” – Steve Maraboli
100. “Keep planting and sowing, living and knowing: beautiful things take time, and that is okay.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
Share these Quotes about Moving Forward with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.