Looking To The Future Quotes

• For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for mans allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, Looks, World

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.23, Best Books on

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  I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.

  George Burns

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  George Burns (1989). “How to live to be 100--or more: the ultimate diet, sex, and exercise book”, Plume

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• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.517, Best Books on

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  The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  Quoted in Providence Journal-Bulletin, 8 June 1994

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• The future interests me - I'm going to spend the rest of my life there.

  Mark Twain

  Future, Interest, My Future

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• When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Uplifting, Future

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• Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and". Book by Judi Neal, p. 163, October 30, 2006.

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• Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

  Peter Drucker

  Country, Business, Future

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  I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Happiness, Time, Clever

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.24, St. Martin's Press

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• It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Dream, Future, Mean

  Edgar Allan Poe (1980). “The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings”, p.50, City Lights Books

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• Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Future, Looks, Human Nature

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• If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

  George Orwell

  Time, Freedom, Future

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• Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

  George Orwell

  Dream, Time, Peace

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 3 (1949) See Orwell 19

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• Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Life, Nature, Future

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• He who controls the past controls the future.

  Laozi

  Future, Past, Political Language

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• You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

  Steve Jobs

  Change, Success, Trust

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.

  Jose Andres

  Horizon, Next

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• The future is an unknown, but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Past, Thinking, Soon Enough

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• ... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

  David Gemmell

  Looks, Vengeance, Ifs

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• Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

  Dan Miller

  Optimism, Worry, Sorrow

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• Live in the moment, day by day, and don't stress about the future. People are so caught up in looking into the future, that they kind of lose what's in front of them.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Stress, People, Live In The Moment

  "Exclusive Interview: Glee's Jenna Ushkowitz". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. June 20, 2011.

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• We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on.

  Ezra Hall Gillett

  Lying, Future, Doe

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• Do not regret the past. Look to the future.

  Soyen Shaku

  Regret, Past, Looks

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• It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to
  the future...And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments
  of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to
  the task.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Men, Mind, Tasks

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• Meteorologists have the right perspective. They ground themselves in the current conditions (today’s highs/lows). They briefly acknowledge significant events of the past (record temps). And they keep an eye on the future (five-day forecast). Honor your past accomplishments, live in the present moment, and look to the future.

  Clifton Anderson

  Eye, Past, Accomplishment

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