Future
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The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.
What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.
Forget the past — the future will give you plenty to worry about.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Voting is our right, but it is also our responsibility because if we don't take the next step and elect leaders who are committed to building a better future for our kids, other rights — our rights to clean air, clean water, health, and prosperity — are placed directly in harm's way.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
We've gone from, in the '50s and '60s, being very optimistic about the future, where the future is all spaceships and The Jetsons and flying cars, to where we were just sure the future was going to be a massive pile of rubble.
The man of the future may, and even must, do things impossible in the past and acquire new motor variations not given by heredity.
Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.
Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.