Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
Tomorrow is another day.
—Common Proverb
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
—Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) English Playwright, Actor
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
They who lose today may win tomorrow.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Who has ever seen tomorrow?
—Persian Proverb
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
Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and the movements and changes in the world around him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today; that I will be tomorrow.’ The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
Give me today and you may keep tomorrow.
—Greek Proverb
Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.
—Gelsey Kirkland (b.1952) American Ballerina
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Yesterday, today and tomorrow—these are the three days of man.
—Chinese 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
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
Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
—Beilby Porteus (1731–1809) Anglican Bishop of London
Light tomorrow with today.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61) English Poet
The future is the most expensive luxury in the world.
—Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American Novelist, Playwright
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
—William Allen White (1868–1944) American Journalist, Author, Editor
If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.
—African Proverb
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
—Chinese Proverb
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
—African Proverb
The future is the shape of things to come.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
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