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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
Sep 10, 2025
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there.
I like visiting LA, but I wouldn't want to live there.
I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.
I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
The future is not what it used to be.
Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
"Old times" never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.
You can never plan the future by the past.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
The past does not equal the future.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.
Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
The future depends on what we do in the present.
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
When one door closes another door opens. Usually a refrigerator.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.
If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
He who controls the past controls the future.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.