I fear there will be no future for those who do not change.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
They who lose today may win tomorrow.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.
—Scottish 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
Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.
—Gelsey Kirkland (b.1952) American Ballerina
Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
My interest is in the future because I’m going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made:
Our times are in His hand
Who saith ‘A whole I planned,
Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!’
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
What is wrong today won’t be right tomorrow.
—Dutch Proverb
He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Tomorrow is now.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
—Spanish Proverb
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Yesterday, today and tomorrow—these are the three days of man.
—Chinese Proverb
I have been nothing … but there is tomorrow.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
When God says “today,” the devil says “tomorrow.”
—German Proverb
If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don’t wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.
—African Proverb
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
For you and me, today is all we have; tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
The future is called “perhaps,” which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.
—Tennessee Williams (1911–83) American Playwright
When I look at the future, it’s so bright, it burns my eyes.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
Tomorrow never comes.
—Common Proverb
The future is the shape of things to come.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
Today is the best preparation for what tomorrow may bring.
—Indian Proverb
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again, tomorrow.
—Indian Proverb
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
Take therefore no thought of the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
—German Proverb
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