Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain. — Marcus Aurelius
Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here. — Thich Nhat Hanh
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an — Salman Rushdie
Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions. — Peter Ferdinand Drucker
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history — Howard Zinn
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography. — Evelyn Waugh
We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. — Benjamin Disraeli
One of the most powerful, and deeply spiritual, ways to work for social change is for — Arthur Waskow
To the wrongs that need resistance, to the right that needs assistance, to the future in the distance, give yourselves. — Carrie Chapman Catt
My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. — Elaine Maxwell
A brief candle; both ends burning an endless mile; a bus wheel turning, a friend to share the lonesome times — Charlie Daniels
If she doesn’t acknowledge what happened, then how can we trust that she is going to be different in the future? — Dr. Phil
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. — Pema Chodron
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable — Hannah Arendt
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C. S. Lewis