There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

. . . 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 belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Your day will come is another way of saying you get yours.

Your day will come is another way of saying you get yours.

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

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

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

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

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

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

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