Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
They who lose today may win tomorrow.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
When God says “today,” the devil says “tomorrow.”
—German 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
No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
I have been nothing … but there is tomorrow.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
—William Allen White (1868–1944) American Journalist, Author, Editor
The future is the shape of things to come.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
The possibilities for tomorrow are usually beyond our expectations.
—Unknown
Light tomorrow with today.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61) English Poet
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
What is wrong today won’t be right tomorrow.
—Dutch Proverb
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
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
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
Tomorrow never comes.
—Common 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
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
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
—A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) Scottish Physician, Novelist
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
In order to really love someone you must love him as though he was going to die tomorrow.
—Arabic Proverb
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.
—Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) English Playwright, Actor
Who has ever seen tomorrow?
—Persian Proverb
He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again, tomorrow.
—Indian Proverb
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
To-morrow, every fault is to be amended; but that To-morrow never comes.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
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