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Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
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.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by read more
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the read more
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit read more
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in read more
Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in the fixed Eternal shall we seize
At last the fleeting Now?
