Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

I try to forget about the bitter past as I [also] recommend for my fellow countrymen. I do not live in the past, I live in the present, always hoping for a brighter future. This is my message to all my countrymen.

Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward cross the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

One of the very few things that I know I believe strongly is that we must learn how to make a better world out of usable pasts rather than dreaming of infinite futures. It’s a very late-Enlightenment view that says that the only way to make a better future is to believe that the future will be better. Smarter people than me used to believe very differently and I think it is time to listen to them once again.

What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?

I think we all learn from the past. I just feel we shouldn't live there. We shouldn't live in the past. I live for today, and to me, the most important moment is now.

We must remember who they are and what they did. Because the future grows out of the past, we must stay alert.

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?

Let go of the past. We must only begin.

I know it's difficult to forget the past but I urge everyone here today to try and move the country forward.