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When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness. The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. -- Robertson Davies You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" -- George Bernard Shaw We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. -- Walt Kelly Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise. -- William Congreve The beginning is always today. -- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. -- Chinese Proverb It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. Sir Winston Churchill Do not rejoice over what has not yet happened. -- Egyptian Proverb Spend each moment perfecting the next, not correcting the last. -- Scott Michael Durski We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. -- Bertha Calloway It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves .-- William Shakespeare The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt Why are we still staring, flatfooted, at the darkness? -- Bill Purdin He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. -- Beilby Porteus No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be... -- Isaac Asimov Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. -- Langston Hughes Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. -- Swedish proverb The future starts today, not tomorrow. -- Pope John Paul II |