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.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the read more

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which I might not read more

There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see.

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.

Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.