937 private quotes tagged future

“To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.” — Ambrose Bierce

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“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.” — Charles Darwin

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“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.” — Plato

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“You can never plan the future by the past.” — Edmund Burke

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“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” — Albert Camus

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“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.” — Erich Fromm

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“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.” — Blaise Pascal

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“In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.” — Steve Jobs

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“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” — Corrie Ten Boom

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“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.” — Helen Keller

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“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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“It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.” — Voltaire

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“Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.” — Ambrose Bierce

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“Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” — Albert Camus

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“I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.” — Carl Sandburg

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“To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.” — John F. Kennedy

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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” — John F. Kennedy

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“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” — George Orwell

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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.” — Bill Gates

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