937 private quotes tagged future

“The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.”— Bill Watterson

“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”— Robert Kennedy

“No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”— Alan Watts

“We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.”— Benjamin Disraeli

“The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.”— Woodrow Wilson

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”— John F. Kennedy

“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.”— Victor Hugo

“The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.”— Jackie Kennedy

“I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.”— Harry S. Truman

“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”— John Wooden

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”— E. B. White

“Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.”— Fred Rogers

“We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.”— Paul Kagame

“It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.”— Edgar Allan Poe

“Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.”— Wayne Dyer

“The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.”— Philip Emeagwali

“Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.”— Bob Marley

“We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.”— Tony Robbins

“I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future.”— Brian Eno

“Scientific research and other studies have demonstrated that arts education can enhance American students' math and language skills and improve test scores which in turn increase chances of higher education and good jobs in the future.”— Thad Cochran

“Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.”— Audrey Hepburn

“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”— Jim Rohn

“Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it.”— Brian Eno

“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”— Richard Bach

“Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.”— Joe Biden