That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings forth.
[Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et
Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro
Appone.]

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to read more

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in read more

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
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Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
Heart within and God o'erhead.