“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
The future is equal parts promise and uncertainty. These quotes explore what lies ahead — technology, progress, hope, anxiety — and the uncomfortable truth that the future is being built right now by the choices we make today.
“Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.”
“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
“My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.”
“A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.”
“Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.”
“I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.”
“When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel.”
“The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.”
“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
“Also, it is interesting that developing countries, with China and India perhaps in the lead, where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.”
“It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.”
“The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.”
“While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.”
“We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.”
“I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.”
“One faces the future with one's past.”