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Look not mournfully into the Past; it comes not back again.
Wisely improve the Present; it is thine.
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Look not mournfully into the Past; it comes not back again.
Wisely improve the Present; it is thine.
Go forth to meet the shadowy Future without fear and with a manly
heart.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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.]
You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more
You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.
Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.
With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . read more
With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . . . this place we call the Bosom of
Abraham.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step read more
The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.