There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

Eckhart Tolle

For some moments in life there are no words.

David Seltzer

A wise man once said nothing.

Proverb

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

John Landis Mason

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Buddha

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius