“But you only get so many do-overs in this life, so many chances to, if not change your past, alter your future.”

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“The past is not more important than the future, despite what your culture has taught you. Your future observations, conclusions, and beliefs are more important to you than those in your past ever will be. The world is changing so fast the balance between the past and the future has shifted.”

Erik Naggum (1965–2009) Norwegian computer programmer

“You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.”

Burt Reynolds (1936–2018) American actor, director and producer.

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”

Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American motivational speaker

“Prolong not the past
Invite not the future
Do not alter your innate wakefulness
Fear not appearances
There in nothing more than this”

Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now

“But you cannot change your past, no matter how you craft your future.”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

“You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more.”

David Levithan The Realm of Possibility

“Like so many other things in life, you rarely get only what you optimize for.”

Erik Naggum (1965–2009) Norwegian computer programmer

“Value Time: Our time on the earth is limited. There are so many things to do in this limited life span. So you have to manage your day and time wisely. Don’t be a fool to waste your precious time and life.”

Thich Nhat Tu (1969) Vietnamese philosopher