The future is a great land.
—Unknown
The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.
—Unknown
We all need to take great interest in the future because we will spend the rest of our life there.
—Unknown
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of ages may be preserved by quotation.
—Isaac D’Israeli (1766–1848) English Writer, Scholar
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, Literary Critic
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
I fear there will be no future for those who do not change.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
—Milan Kundera (b.1929) Czech Novelist
The future is purchased by the present.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) American Aviator, Author
Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.
—Robert Browning (1812–89) English Poet
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
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
—Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757) French Essayist, Polymath, Philosopher
The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots. True enough, robots do not rebel. But given man’s nature, robots cannot live and remain sane, they become Golems,” they will destroy their world and themselves because they cannot stand any longer the boredom of a meaningless life.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–80) German-American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American Writer
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
—Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) (1885–1962) Danish Novelist, Short-story Writer
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
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
—Corrie Ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch Jewish Humanist
Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow’s burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
The possibilities for tomorrow are usually beyond our expectations.
—Unknown
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
—Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
The future is the past returning through another gate.
—Arnold Glasow (1905–98) American Businessman
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