Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied read more

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

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?

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.

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

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

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that read more

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military read more

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.