. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And read more

. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn

Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied read more

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