The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
BuddhaArdently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.
BuddhaThere are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisThe best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Abraham LincolnGod has given me no control over the following moment. I am concerned about taking care of the present.
Mahatma GandhiWe are living in a culture entirely hypnotized by the illusion of time, in which the so-called present moment is felt as nothing but an infinitesimal hairline between an all-powerfully causative past and an absorbingly important future.
Alan WattsMrs. Parks is for me probably what the Statute of Liberty was for immigrants. She stood for the future and the better future.
Maya AngelouOnce 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 KellerNo valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.
Alan WattsThe golden age is before us, not behind us.
William ShakespeareThe future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour whatever he does, whoever he is.
C. S. LewisCease to inquire what the future has in store and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HoraceWhat we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
BuddhaThe 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 LincolnEducation, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
John DeweyThe Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
Benjamin DisraeliThe truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride and nothing is guaranteed.
EminemIf you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
ConfuciusStudy the past if you would divine the future.
ConfuciusAmerica is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that maybe our descendants - if they survive that long - will see.
Alice WalkerSeize the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
HoraceYou know, nothing is more important than education because nowhere are our stakes higher, our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe future starts today, not tomorrow.
Pope John Paul IIA dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.
Denis WaitleyWe must respect the past and mistrust the present if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Joseph JoubertWhen the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
Alexis de TocquevilleOnly you can control your future.
Dr. SeussA mother's happiness is like a beacon lighting up the future, but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
Honore de BalzacI never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert EinsteinLearn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert EinsteinI haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.
Billy GrahamTruth has to persist unaffected in the past, present and future. That, which is absent in two states, how can it be true?
Sai BabaYou can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever it is the gateway to a middle-class life.
Barack ObamaIf I am elected President of these United States I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it our nation depends upon it the peace and freedom of the world require it.
Mitt RomneyTo me the black black woman is our essential mother the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair almost entirely of our future as a people.
Alice WalkerWhile I take inspiration from the past like most Americans I live for the future.
Ronald ReaganGod is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.
Billy GrahamOnly dedicated mothers can offer to the nation children who will strive for a great future for the country.
Sai BabaThe sky itself will have to be the roof of the auditorium of the future I will have to forego the car and even the airplane when I move from place to place for the crowds pressing around them will be too huge.
Sai BabaAgain 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 JobsTo act is to anchor in an imminent future so imminent it becomes almost tangible, to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
Emile M. CioranI see the Fourfold Man, the Humanity in deadly sleep / And its fallen Emanation the Spectre and its cruel Shadow. / I see the Past Present and Future existing all at once / Before me.
William BlakeIt is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls seize the opportunities and get back home by six o'clock.
Woody AllenIf you want a vision of the future imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
George OrwellPolitics is for the present but an equation is for eternity.
Albert EinsteinI do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Mahatma GandhiHear the voice of the Bard! Who present past and future sees, Whose ears have heard The Holy Word, That walked among the ancient trees.
William BlakeIn a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric HofferI look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George BurnsThere is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect from event to event is often carried on by secret steps which our foresight cannot divine and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good, and good may bring forth evil both equally unexpected.
Joseph AddisonPeople respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you you can leave your past behind.
Joel OsteenReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert CamusThe past is a ghost the future a dream and all we ever have is now.
Bill CosbyWhat does the future that half of time matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?
Emile M. CioranAll beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives you are the Buddha.
BuddhaWhoso neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead for the future.
EuripidesWe can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed we're getting back to basics and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.
Barack ObamaWe have a close unshakable bond between the United States and Israel and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.
Hillary ClintonThe American people I talk to don't spend every moment thinking 'How can I tax my neighbor more than they're being taxed?' They say 'How can I get a good job? How can my kids get good jobs? How can seniors have a confidence in their future when they know that Social Security Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt?'
Mitt RomneyWhen the people become involved in their government government becomes more accountable and our society is stronger more compassionate and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerWithout 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 CamusOn every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.
Barack ObamaA man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal or it may be a worldly object according to his nature at the time being, but whichever it is he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty and should devote himself to its attainment not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies longings and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome) the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.
James AllenThe only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
Eric HofferThere is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.
Bill CosbyAll 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