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 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 year goes wrong, and tares grow strong,
 Hope starves without a crumb;
  But God's time is read more 
 The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong,
 Hope starves without a crumb;
  But God's time is our harvest time,
   And that is sure to come. 
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
 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.] 
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is read more
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
You can never tell what the future has in store for you.
You can never tell what the future has in store for you.
On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break read more
On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we\'re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.
 Certain signs precede certain events.
 [Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]  
 Certain signs precede certain events.
 [Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]