This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

Feel free to suggest additions!


“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Monday, January 5, 2009

Time / Future Quotes

1. Each moment is a place you've never been. - Mark Strand

2. The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of intellect tries to use it. - Shopenhauer

4. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha

5. Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. - Napoleon Hill

6. You can’t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again. - Unknown

7. You cannot plan the future by the past. - Edmund Burke

8. Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. - Frank Tyger

9. The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi

10. You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. - Charles Buxton

11. You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip. - James M. Barrie

12. Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard, "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

13. Our moral responsibility is not to stop the future, but to shape it…to channel our destiny in humane directions and to try to ease the trauma of transition. - Alvin Toffler

14. You don't just stumble into the future. You create your own future. - Roger Smith

15. Time is like a river. You cannot touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every passing moment of life. - TNP Malinga

16. The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. - Bertrand Russell

17. We need to maintain a proper balance in our life by allocating the time we have. There are occasions where saying no is the best time management practice there is. - Catherine Pulsife

18. The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Abraham Lincoln

19. Take time like the river that never grows stale. Keep going and steady. No hurry, no rush. - Rumi, Persian Poet

1 comment:

Health is Wealth said...

Really nice collection about future quotes. Thanks for sharing with us.