“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” -Mother Teresa
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” -Corrie ten Boom
“…he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” – Philippians 1:6, WEB
“Love is the only future God offers.” -Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.” -Henry David Thoreau
“Each step you take reveals a new horizon. You have taken the first step today. Now, I challenge you to take another.” -Dan Poynter
“The best way to predict your future is to create it” -Abraham Lincoln
“You don’t destroy what you want to acquire in the future.” -Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11, WEB
“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
“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”-Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942
“I’m making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” – Proverbs 19:21, NIV
“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, The Zahir
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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