Our Future Quotes - Page 13

• Karma is not fate, for man acts with free will, creating his own destiny. The Vedas tell us, if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determines our future.

  Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

  Karma, Fate, Destiny

  Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003). “Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism”, p.38, Himalayan Academy Publications

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• The past is only so heroic as we see it. It is the canvas on which our idea of heroism is painted, and so, in one sense, the dim prospectus of our future field.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Future, Past, Ideas

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.655, Simon and Schuster

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• Believers have a genuine, unfailing hope of a future reunion with loved ones. We can find joy in anticipating our future reunion.

  Paul P. Enns

  Joy, Loved Ones, Reunion

  "Heaven Revealed: What Is It Like? What Will We Do?". Book by Paul P. Enns, 2011.

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• Crime is a social problem, and education is the only real deterrent. Look at all of us in prison; we were all truants and dropouts, a failure of the educational system. Look at your truancy problem, and you're looking at your future prisoners. Put the money there.

  Wilbert Rideau

  Teacher, Real, Educational

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• Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of educating our future presidents, senators and congressmen.

  Susan B. Anthony

  President, Salary, Noble

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• Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else, but to free YOURSELF from the continuation of pain and anger. It is a gift to your peace of mind, your self esteem, your relationships with others, your future.

  Kenneth Cloke

  Pain, Self Esteem, Life Changing

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• Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Book, Bullets, Path

  Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the Education Summit in Oslo, Norway, blog.malala.org. July 9, 2015.

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• Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.

  Winston Churchill

  Hands, Our Lives

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• My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always lived up to their promise, and that's why I will only sign my name to an agreement that helps ordinary Americans get ahead, the bill put forward today would help us write those rules in a way that avoids the mistakes from our past, seizes opportunities for our future and stays true to our values.

  Barack Obama

  Mistake, Writing, Past

  "Lawmakers clear path for Obama's historic trade deal" by Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. April 30, 2015.

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• If we are to give our utmost effort and skill and enthusiasm, we must believe in ourselves, which means believing in our past and in our future, in our parents and in our children, in that particular blend of moral purpose and practical inventiveness which is the American character.

  Margaret Mead

  Children, Believe, Character

  "And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America". Book by Margaret Mead, 1942.

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• Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. It is the shaping impulse of America that neither fate nor nature nor the irresistible tides of history, but the work of our own hands, matched to reason and principle, that will determine our destiny. There is pride in that, even arrogance, but there is also experience and truth. In any event, it is the only way we can live.

  Robert Kennedy

  Nature, Lying, Fate

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• Your past doesn't define you. Only your present and your future. If your life is screwed up, stop making excuses. What are you going to do about it today?

  Ingrid Weir

  Life, Past, Today

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• There is no fate... no predestination... no luck. Don't use that as an excuse to not live the life you want. Work for it. You make your future - no one else.

  Ingrid Weir

  Life, Fate, Luck

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• Whatever you possess today is enough to create anything else you will ever want in your future.

  Mike Murdock

  Want, Today, Enough

  Mike Murdock (2012). “1 Minute Businesswoman's Devotional”, p.99, Wisdom International Inc

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• You can wreck your future running from your past.

  T. D. Jakes

  Running, Past, Wrecks

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• Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future.

  Richard Branson

  Tough Times, Spirit, Your Future

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• Prediction from a grown-up: Your future is going to be amazing. You will surprise yourself with what you're capable of and the incredible things you go on to do. Find the people who love and believe in you - there will be lots of them.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, People, Goes On

  "Hillary Clinton to gay Humans of New York teen: 'Your future will be amazing'" by Jana Kasperkevic, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2015.

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• Don't worry about your future lives, past lives. Button up your shirt! Stand up straight! Go out and do something. Go out and have some fun. Be alive, change, dissolve, explode!

  Frederick Lenz

  Fun, Buddhism, Past

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• The present is our future past, we've gotta make this moment last

  Sabrina Carpenter

  Past, Lasts, Moments

  Song: Right Now, Album: Eyes Wide Open, 2015

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• Instead of talking yourself out of your future start talking yourself into it.

  Joel Osteen

  Talking, Your Future

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2014

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• The constant abrasion and decay of our lives makes the soil of our future growth.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Growth, Decay

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.251, Xist Publishing

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• ... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty, sixty, or seventy--all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics--many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.

  Gloria Steinem

  Fear, Epidemics, Self

  Gloria Steinem (2017). “Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within”, p.407, Open Road Media

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• The older we become, the more certain our future.

  Mason Cooley

  Destiny, Aging, Certain

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• I would sell my life to avoid
  the pain that begins in the crib
  with its bars or perhaps
  with your first breath
  when the planets drill
  your future into you.

  Anne Sexton

  Life, Pain, Bars

  Anne Sexton (1976). “45 Mercy Street”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• You never look at the backside of a mirror because when you do, it'll affect your future because you're looking at yourself backwards. No, you're looking at your inner self and you don't recognize it because you've never seen it before.

  Gus Van Sant

  Mirrors, Self, Looks

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