937 private quotes tagged future

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.” — Eileen Caddy

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“Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” — Warren Buffett

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“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.” — Ann Landers

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“Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.” — Dalai Lama

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“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” — Bradley Whitford

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“You may not have been responsible for your heritage, but you are responsible for your future.”

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“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” — Steve Jobs

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“Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” — Denis Waitley

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“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” — Jim Rohn

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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha

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“Evolution never looks to the future.” — Richard Dawkins

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“Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.” — Corrie Ten Boom

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“Smiles form the channels of a future tear.” — Lord Byron

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“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“The future is no more uncertain than the present.” — Walt Whitman

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“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.” — Augusten Burroughs

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“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” — William Shakespeare

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“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.” — George Carlin

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“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” — H. G. Wells

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“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” — Marcus Aurelius

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