Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings read more

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings forth.
[Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et
Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro
Appone.]

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

. . . 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.

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.

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?

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.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the read more

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

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.