Future Quotes

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Predictions are preposterous.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions.