Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

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 future starts today, not tomorrow.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.

People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

The reality is you either step into the future, or you become a dinosaur.

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.

The future ain't what it used to be.

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

What a man is is an arrow into the future, and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

An increased push for energy efficiency, renewable energy technology, electric mobility - along with the growing digitalization movement and a universal carbon pricing structure - would speed up the carbon-free future and the rise of a global middle class we desperately need. We can and must all do our part.

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.

The future of architecture is culture.

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

Future orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible.

Sooner and later you will see great changes made, dreadful horrors and vengeances. For as the Moon is thus led by its angel, the heavens draw near to the Balance.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements. But at the end of day, you've got to make a judgement because it's not their life that's going to be affected so much as your future.

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter - for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.

I've never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful - a sunset, a moose, an elephant - and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That's always struck me as strange.

The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.