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

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth read more

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.

Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in read more

Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in the fixed Eternal shall we seize
At last the fleeting Now?

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.

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

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

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

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.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.