The future is inherently uncertain.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
If I'm too busy looking in the past, how can I see what's in front of me with the future?
We can't change the past. We can only get ready for the future.
Attachment to the past and fears concerning the future not only govern the way you select the things you own but also represent the criteria by which you make choices in every aspect of your life, including your relationships with people and your job.
Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.
An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.
Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.
I have no plans, and no plans to plan.
I love entrepreneurship because that's what makes this country grow, and if I can help companies grow, I am creating jobs; I am setting foundations for future generations. It sends the message that the American Dream is alive and well.
Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.
Sometime in the not too distant future, denying gays the right to marry will be viewed as historically corrupt - as corrupt as denying slaves their freedom.
The future is always beginning now.
I haven't done much voice-over work, but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to do more in the future.
We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.
We all have a common goal, and we know it's all for our future good.
Mob rule is always extremely dangerous for the future of democracy.
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
These interviews, sometimes they jog your memories, like what you were doing when you were 10 years old. They're always searching for your past; they can keep you living there. I want to go on to the future.
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
Virtual reality has an exciting future and oodles of room to grow.
Everything that I'm doing, it's like a future jazz, future trap house movement.
Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.
The scary thing about the future... there will be tiny cameras everywhere, and they'll be flying around like mosquitoes and drones. That will be bad. Drones are scary. You can't reason with a drone.
I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the 1970s. The pollution explosion was unstoppable. Global famine was inevitable. I genuinely want the next generation, my own kids, to know that actually it's possible that the future might be better than the past.
Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.
We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.
The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
I believe that agriculture land - productive agricultural land with water on site - will be valuable in the future.
With the Internet and blockchain, everything is changed. It's the future of content.
I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate.
It looks like the future's really bright.
Higher education is a cornerstone of our state's future.
If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.
The job market of the future will consist of those jobs that robots cannot perform. Our blue-collar work is pattern recognition, making sense of what you see. Gardeners will still have jobs because every garden is different. The same goes for construction workers. The losers are white-collar workers, low-level accountants, brokers, and agents.
The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.
We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.
I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.
I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world.
I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers.
I live in the present with an eye on the future.