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.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings read more

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.]

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.

. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
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. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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

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

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.