The future is the shape of things to come.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
The future is much like the present, only longer.
—Dan Quisenberry (1953–98) American Baseball Player
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
We all need to take great interest in the future because we will spend the rest of our life there.
—Unknown
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
—Spanish Proverb
He who lives in the future lives in a featureless blank; he lives in impersonality; he lives in Nirvana. The past is democratic, because it is a people. The future is despotic, because it is a caprice. Every man is alone in his prediction, just as each man is alone in a dream.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
How happy the station which every moment furnishes opportunities of doing good to thousands!—How dangerous that which every moment exposes to the injuring of millions.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Tomorrow is another day.
—Common Proverb
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
The young sailor at sea was ordered to climb a mast to adjust a sail during a violent storm. He got halfway up, looked down, got dizzy and sick. An old sailor on deck shouted up to him Look up, son, look up. Young sailor looked up, regained his composure, and completed his mission. Moral: Look ahead, not back.
—Indian Proverb
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
The good days weren’t really so good, and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.
—Billy Joel (b.1949) American Singer, Songwriter, Musician
I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.
—George Burns (1896–1996) American Comedian
A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.
—Juliet Mitchell (b.1934) British Writer, Psychoanalyst , Feminist
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.
—D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Critic
We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands. We shall need courage, energy and determination, but above all, we shall need faith-faith in ourselves, in our communities and in our country.
—Thomas E. Dewey (1902–71) American Politician, Lawyer
By the streets of “by and by,” one arrives at the house of “never.”
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Tomorrow never comes.
—Common Proverb
I fear there will be no future for those who do not change.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
—Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
—Chinese Proverb
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages may be preserved by quotation.
—Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848) English Writer, Scholar
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
—Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) Persian Mathematician
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
By and by never comes.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
They who lose today may win tomorrow.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
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