After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting it to a map by which we can navigate. – Michael Mandelbaum
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future. – Gustav Stresemann
That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together. – Jeff Miller
We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. – Kofi Annan
I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future! – Gail Simmons
Not even the brightest future can make up for the fact that no roads lead back to what came before – to the innocence of childhood or the first time we fell in love. – Jo Nesbo
Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. – Frank Herbert
I try not to worry about the future – so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time. – Tom Wilson
The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. – Gifford Pinchot
To a father, when a child dies, the future dies to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. – Red Auerbach
By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country. – Ron Lewis
We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future. – King Hussein I
My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity. – Sun Myung Moon
We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. – Ron Reagan
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. – Robertson Davies
The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future. – Junior Seau
In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future. – Alan Dundes
Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet. – Huston Smith
I must analyze, from what I do now, what will be the impact two or three or five years in the future. What is the statement I want to make? – Yuri Milner
Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important. – Yuri Milner