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The future will be better tomorrow
The future will be better tomorrow
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]
The present is big with the future.
[Fr., Le present est gros de l'avenir.]
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.
We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by read more
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that read more
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.