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.

The future ain't what it used to be.

The future ain't what it used to be.

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.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military read more

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

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.

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 never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human read more

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.