# Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a fut... | Oscar Wilde Quote

> Source: https://positivity.org/quotes/quote-oscar-wilde-every-saint-has-a-past

> Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

## What This Quote Means

Embracing change opens doors that resistance keeps firmly shut.

## About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet, playwright, and wit known for his brilliant epigrams and his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most celebrated conversationalist of the Victorian era who challenged social conventions through art and wit.

## How to Apply This Wisdom

### Embrace transitions

View life transitions as opportunities for growth.

### Flexibility

Practice adapting quickly when plans change unexpectedly.

### Release attachment

Let go of one thing you are clinging to that no longer serves you.

## Reflection Questions

- What change am I resisting that might benefit me?

- How has an unexpected change led to something positive in my past?

- What am I holding onto that I need to release?

## More Quotes by Oscar Wilde

> Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

> To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

> Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

> With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?

> We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.