100 Quotes About Future

There are so many things to consider when planning for the future. From the basic things like, “What will I do for a living?” “What kind of car will I drive?” and even “How many kids do I want to have?” There are more important questions that need to be asked. How can you make the most of your life while protecting your future? Here are the best quotes about the future to help you plan for it today.

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I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. . Nora Ephron
When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long...
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When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you. Shannon L. Alder
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in...
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If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present. Roy T. Bennett
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Ester asked why people are sad." That’s simple, " says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams. Paulo Coelho
Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go...
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Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make. Roy T. Bennett
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Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it... Wilferd Peterson
The best way to predict your future is to create...
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The best way to predict your future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln
When you make a choice, you change the future.
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When you make a choice, you change the future. Deepak Chopra
The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or...
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The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past. Lois Lowry
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Life has a way of going in circles. Ideally, it would be a straight path forward——we'd always know where we were going, we'd always be able to move on and leave everything else behind. There would be nothing but the present and the future. Instead, we always find ourselves where we started. When we try to move ahead, we end up taking a step back. We carry everything with us, the weight exhausting us until we want to collapse and give up. We forget things we try to remember. We remember things we'd rather forget. The most frightening thing about memory is that it leaves no choice. It has mastered an incomprehensible art of forgetting. It erases, it smudges, it fills in blank spaces with details that don't exist. But however we remember it——or choose to remember it——the past is the foundation that holds our lives in place. Without its support, we'd have nothing for guidance. We spend so much time focused on what lies ahead, when what has fallen behind is just as important. What defines us isn't where we're going, but where we've been. Although there are places and people we will never see again, and although we move on and let them go, they remain a part of who we are. There are things that will never change, things we will carry along with us always. But as we venture into the murky future, we must find our strength by learning to leave things behind. Brigid GorryHines
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence. Karl Lagerfeld
Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward....
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Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out. Gayle Forman
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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. Henry David Thoreau
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Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever. Unknown
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It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness! Irvin D. Yalom
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To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation; we need to see over-all patterns in our lives. We need hope, the sense of a future. And we need freedom (or, at least, the illusion of freedom) to get beyond ourselves, whether with telescopes and microscopes and our ever-burgeoning technology, or in states of mind that allow us to travel to other worlds, to rise above our immediate surroundings. We may seek, too, a relaxing of inhibitions that makes it easier to bond with each other, or transports that make our consciousness of time and mortality easier to bear. We seek a holiday from our inner and outer restrictions, a more intense sense of the here and now, the beauty and value of the world we live in. Oliver Sacks
The true definition of mental illness is when the majority...
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The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW. Shannon L. Alder
Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions....
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Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today. Roy T. Bennett
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Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise. Vera Nazarian
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to...
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I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. Unknown
But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such...
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But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted. Gustave Flaubert
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty...
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in...
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. Edgar Allan Poe
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it,...
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Marcus Aurelius
Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt...
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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. J.k. Rowling
The future was one thing that could never be broken,...
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The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything. Sarah Dessen
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we...
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We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. Alan Turing
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Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It is far better to be free, to leave the forts and barricades of fear, to stand erect and face the future with a smile. It is far better to give yourself sometimes to negligence, to drift with wave and tide, with the blind force of the world, to think and dream, to forget the chains and limitations of the breathing life, to forget purpose and object, to lounge in the picture gallery of the brain, to feel once more the clasps and kisses of the past, to bring life's morning back, to see again the forms and faces of the dead, to paint fair pictures for the coming years, to forget all Gods, their promises and threats, to feel within your veins life's joyous stream and hear the martial music, the rhythmic beating of your fearless heart. And then to rouse yourself to do all useful things, to reach with thought and deed the ideal in your brain, to give your fancies wing, that they, like chemist bees, may find art's nectar in the weeds of common things, to look with trained and steady eyes for facts, to find the subtle threads that join the distant with the now, to increase knowledge, to take burdens from the weak, to develop the brain, to defend the right, to make a palace for the soul. This is real religion. This is real worship . Robert G. Ingersoll
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Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get. It's really not even fair to everyone else. Richelle Mead
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable...
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Unknown
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
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The brightest light casts the darkest shadow. Jess C. Scott
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One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did. Daniel Amory
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[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake, because through that, and through contemplation in equal measure, our soul is purified and brought closer to the divine.. Thought and deed conjoined are crucial.. The attempt must be made; the outcome is irrelevant. Right action is a pale material reflection of the divine, but reflection it is, nonetheless. Define your goal and exert reason to accomplish it by virtuous action; successs or failure is secondary. Iain Pears
We may be living past and future lives at the...
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We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one. Doug Dillon
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Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinÈâ„¢i cu toÈ›ii în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor. Unknown
I am haunted by my past and by what I...
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I am haunted by my past and by what I must do to ensure my future. Anthony T. Hincks
You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future.
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You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future. Suzanne Collins
The topic of compassion is not at all religious business;...
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The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival. Dalai Lama Xiv
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Dear Child, Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don't understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy or forgiveness because they live by comparison. They are the people that don't care about anyone, other than who is making them feel confident. They don’t understand that their deity is not rejoicing with them because of their actions, rather he is trying to free them from their insecurities, by softening their heart. They rather put out your light than find their own. They don't have the ability to see beyond the false sense of happiness they get from destroying others. You know what happiness is and it isn’t this. Don’t see their success as their deliverance. It is a mask of vindication which has no audience, other than their own kind. They have joined countless others that call themselves “survivors”. They believe that they are entitled to win because life didn’t go as planned for them. You are not like them. You were not meant to stay in hell and follow their belief system. You were bound for greatness. You were born to help them by leading. Rise up and be the light home. You were given the gift to see the truth. They will have an army of people that are like them and you are going to feel alone. However, your family in heaven stands beside you now. They are your strength and as countless as the stars. It is time to let go! Love, Your Guardian Angel. Shannon L. Alder
What comes, when it comes, will be what it is.
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What comes, when it comes, will be what it is. Alberto Caeiro
If you can feel the future, then you are about...
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If you can feel the future, then you are about to experience it. Toba Beta
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All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all at once the most wonderful yet terrifying thing in the world, which makes it nearly impossible to handle. It is such a great responsibility that it's best not to tell a story at all unless you know you can do it right. You must be very careful, or without knowing it you can change the world. Vera Nazarian
As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he...
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As long as he deceived himself about the truth, he could blame fortune and have confidence in the future. Now the clouds of madness were closing round his mind. Hermann Bahr
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries...
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Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. Criss Jami
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I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind. Vera Nazarian
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No one knows for sure about the future. But if you feel reluctant to plan something about it, then someone with guts would define it for you. Toba Beta
You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice...
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You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think. Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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There were three things sought by invaders who crossed oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory. There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene. Toba Beta
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a...
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie Ten Boom
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Not all dreamers are winners, but all winners are dreamers. Your dream is the key to your future. The Bible says that, "without a vision (dream), a people perish." You need a dream, if you're going to succeed in anything you do. Mark Gorman
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Fear is to begin with the end in mind. There is no end. Life is eternal. Live life knowing that the end was your past, and the future is only full of beautiful beginnings through an eternity built around God’s love. Shannon L. Alder
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The choices we’re working with here are a block universe, where past, present and future all coexist simultaneously and everything has already happened; chaos, where anything can happen and nothing can be predicted because we can’t know all the variables; and a Christian universe in which God made everything and it’s all here for a purpose but we have free will anyway. Audrey Niffenegger
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THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And you will reflect The face of the divine. Sing, I tell you And all the angels will sing with you! Cry, I tell you And the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday To guide you through the fears of tomorrow. Suzy Kassem
Many of the most powerful things in life are not...
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Many of the most powerful things in life are not tangible. All it takes is for you to close your eyes to see. Shannon L. Alder
There are many problems which could only be solved by...
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There are many problems which could only be solved by generations which are still to be born later. It's only one way of many how God gives answers to human problems and prayers. Toba Beta
The situation and the people you meet in everyday life...
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The situation and the people you meet in everyday life are designed by God for your future. So follow Him because He alone knows what’s best for your well being. Latika Teotia
I know not with what weapons World War III will...
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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein
The future will be what it will, and fretting about...
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The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. Christopher Paolini
It is not until you change your identity to match...
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It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked. Shannon L. Alder
The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you...
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The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow. Shannon L. Alder
Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and...
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Sometimes we have to soak ourselves in the tears and fears of the past to water our future gardens. Suzy Kassem
Creating a better future Requires creativity in the present.
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Creating a better future Requires creativity in the present. Matthew Goldfinger
Thinking about the future is the worst way of thinking...
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Thinking about the future is the worst way of thinking about the future. Working on your future is the best way of thinking about your future. Dragos Bratasanu
In moments of great change we suffer, somehow hoping deep...
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In moments of great change we suffer, somehow hoping deep down that our emotions and our dramas can change the future or prevent it from happening. Future happens regardless. Dragos Bratasanu
Your actions show what you know, and your replies to...
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Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn. Grace Sara
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So here i sit. a sum of the parts. about a third way down this wonderful path, so to speak. and i've been thinking lately about a friendship that fell apart with time, with distance, and with the misunderstanding of youth. i'm trying not to confuse sadness with regret. not the easiest thing at times. i dont regret that certain things happened. i understand that perhaps i had a choice in the matter, or perhaps i believe in fate. probably not, but so far actions as small as the quickest glance to events as monumental as death have pushed me slowly along to right here, right now. there was no other way to get here. the meandering and erratic path was actually the straightest of lines. take away a handful of angry words, things once thought of as mistakes or regrets, and i'm suddenly a different person with a different history, a different future. that, i would regret. so here i sit. thinking about a person i once called my best friends. a man who might be full of sadness and regret, who might not give a damn, or who might, just might, remember the future and realize that's where its at. . Chris Wright
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You cannot put me down You shall not clothe me with a frown You certainly won't transform me into a clown Nor turn my clear black and white into indecisive brown My aspirations, my dreams, my future, you shall not drown Neither can you drive me into mad town I'm unshakable Evy Michaels
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If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations. Grace Sara
Find your bones. Believe in what you are.
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Find your bones. Believe in what you are. Grace Sara
Surrendering is not giving up--it is gaining strength.
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Surrendering is not giving up--it is gaining strength. Grace Sara
Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride,...
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Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment. Grace Sara
Taking care of yourself will take care of more than...
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Taking care of yourself will take care of more than yourself. Grace Sara
Control is an illusion that you must give up.
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Control is an illusion that you must give up. Grace Sara
Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.
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Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change. Grace Sara
To greet the present is to part with the past...
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To greet the present is to part with the past and future. Grace Sara
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All she captures is a moment and what she calls it is a memory, Sometimes, it is assumptions that we use; all we need is a theory, Because you don’t know what is there in the future, And all you need is a vision to make a perfect picture. I feel that I have known you for a century, And whatever she calls is a memory. Nishikant
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Man…who lives in three places — in the past, in the present, and in the future — can be unhappy if one of these three is worthless. Religion has even added a fourth — eternity. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The only real battle in life is between hanging on...
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The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go. Shannon L. Alder
It is not as much about who you used to...
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It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be. Sanhita Baruah
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When you let go of control and commit yourself to happiness, it is so easy to offer compassion and forgiveness. This propels you from the past, into the present. People that are negative, spend so much time trying to control situations and blame others for their problems. Committing yourself to staying positive is a daily mantra that states, “I have control over how I plan to react, feel, think and believe in the present. No one guides the tone of my life, except me! . Shannon L. Alder
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His gut was stitched up good and tight, but that didn’t prevent it from flopping. He wiped his damp palms on the legs of his jeans and stood up shakily, leaning heavily on his cane. He called himself a masochist for putting himself through this torture day after day. He braced himself for the disappointment of having to go home alone. He braced himself for happiness like he’d never known in his entire life. He watched the door they would come through. Sandra Brown
How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less...
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How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don't let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses Germany Kent
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Here, also, the future was cried aloud by the wind through the rocks, so that all those who heard would shiver, and then the liquid spring song of the thrush would make all the beauty of moonlight and sunlight blend together, making it true, so true, that happiness must come again Elyne Mitchell
It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment...
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It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future. Roy Bennett
Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable....
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Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud. Shannon L. Alder
Gratitude was never meant to be an excuse for giving...
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Gratitude was never meant to be an excuse for giving up on the obstacles God has put before you. Some of the most magical things he can bring us require faith and a lot of planning. Shannon L. Alder
You have to appreciate where you have come from to...
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You have to appreciate where you have come from to know who you are in the present and whom you would like to be in the future. Truth Devour
Nothing is expensive when you promise.
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Nothing is expensive when you promise. Ljupka Cvetanova
I value individuals and societies. I care about those who...
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I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues. Petek Kabakci
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We weren’t happy together but we lived in a state of easy, mild contentment. We shared everything except the stupid fucking secret hanging round your neck. I imagined tiny photographs: portraits in sepia of your parents, their faces partially obscured by goitres. Meanwhile, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not next year, maybe not even in a decade from now but one day: the planet would fall apart. Jon Gresham
The time to build your future is in your teenage...
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The time to build your future is in your teenage years and your 20s, but equally, in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. Lukasz Laniecki
Wise is the one who flavors the future with some...
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Wise is the one who flavors the future with some salt from the past. Becoming dust is no threat to the phoenix born from the ash. Curtis Tyrone Jones
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The past is a lake in which you add every day a glass with your attitudes. How crystal clear is water? Unknown
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One fine day she left the past behind and gave privacy to the future. He took his now to take a walk, watch the sun, listen to good music, spread smiles and be grateful! Unknown
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Past, of not being able to change. Future, of not being able to predict. Now, to be transformed into a better past and a prosperous future. Unknown
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with...
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Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying Germany Kent
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Positive thinking is powerful thinking. If you want happiness, fulfillment, success and inner peace, start thinking you have the power to achieve those things. Focus on the bright side of life and expect positive results. Germany Kent
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When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle the future for timeless care and tenderness to be anchored in a bay of good luck. ("Happiness blowing in the wind" ) Erik Pevernagie
There ain't a man in the world cares about a...
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There ain't a man in the world cares about a woman's past until he's thinking of her in his future. Dru Pagliassotti
But you can build a future out of anything. A...
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But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins. Lauren Oliver