Sayings about Future
The future is for those who know how to wait. ~ Russian Proverbs
When you talk about future happenings the devil starts to laugh. ~ Japanese Proverb
Men see only the present; heaven sees the future. ~ Chinese Proverb
The past is for God, the future for the Tsars. ~ Russian Proverb
Don’t try to make predictions — especially those concerning the future. ~ Chinese Proverb
All the past died yesterday; the future is born today. ~ Chinese Proverb
You can be cautious about the future but not the past. ~ Chinese Proverb
The future struggles against being mastered. ~ Latin Proverbs
He who predicts the future lies, even if he tells the truth. ~ Arabian Proverb
The past is the future of the present. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Learn about the future by looking at the past. ~ Tamil Proverb
If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now. ~ Russian Proverb
When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, and not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.~ Chinese Proverb
May you have a bright future — as the chimney sweep said to his son. ~ Irish Proverbs
When men speak of the future, the gods laugh. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every future is not far away. ~ Arabian Proverb
A sponge to wipe away the past; a rose to sweeten the present; a kiss to greet the future. ~ Arabian Proverb
Quotations about Future
A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical. ~ Juliet Mitchell
The past can’t see you, but the future is listening. ~ Destin Figuier
You can never plan the future by the past. ~ Edmund Burke
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. ~ Ruth Benedict
You don’t just stumble into the future. You create your own future. ~ Roger Smith
Desire and hope will push us on toward the future. ~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work. ~ Jacques Cousteau
Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. ~ Jean Paul Richter
In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.~ Henri B. Stendhal
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. ~ Robert H. Schuller
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ~ Alan Kay
People at my stage of life are apt to cherish the past and be pessimistic about the future. But when I meet energetic young people who are making wonderful contributions to the communities, I feel rejuvenated and full of hope and trust in the future. ~ Hirokichi Yoshiyama
He who seeks to know the future is out of harmony with the present. ~ James Lendall Basford
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. ~ John Sladek
The future is always beginning now. ~ Mark Strand
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. ~ Charles F. Kettering
The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. ~ Jim Bishop
We have inherited the past; we can create the future. ~ Author Unknown
To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his future with hope, and his stomach with food.~ Frederick E. Crane
Man’s future is God’s secret. ~ James Lendall Basford
The future comes one day at a time. ~ Dean Acheson
I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. ~ Author Unknown
We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there. ~ Charles F. Kettering
Create your future from your future, not your past. ~ Werner Erhard
I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.~ Arthur Wing Pinero
Hope is the positive mode of awaiting the future. ~ Emil Brunner
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
The past is over… forget it. The future holds hope… reach for it. ~ Charles Swindoll
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. ~ Paul Valery
With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
There are men who run on ahead of their age, and open the gates of the future. ~ James Lendall Basford
I never think of the future — it comes soon enough. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
We need not be afraid of the future, for the future will be in our own hands. ~ Thomas E. Dewey
I’m treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses. ~ Katherine Mansfield
The future is called “perhaps,” which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you. ~ Tennessee Williams
Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future. ~ Jakob Burckhardt
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. ~ Jean Rostand
I fear there will be no future for those who do not change. ~ Louis L’Amour
It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. ~ Voltaire Quotes
The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live. ~ Blaise Pascal
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
The trouble with the future is that is usually arrives before we’re ready for it. ~ Arnold H. Glasgow
I have seen the future and it is very much like the present – only longer. ~ Kehlog Albran
The Present gallops away with clattering feet, while the Future steals noiselessly upon us. ~ James Lendall Basford
The present is the laboratory of the future. ~ James Lendall Basford