It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human read more

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind read more

When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

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.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.