Quotes About Future

Never harbor regrets. Such useless emotions detract from an avowed purpose. Spare neither tears nor sentiment, which sap strength and energy. Rather, shake the dust of encumbering people and places from your feet and march bravely into the future. We are the women of the world, and we will not be denied.

I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense, songs of regret for past tense, and songs of love for present tense.

I do want tomorrows with you, Jase. I want a lifetime of tomorrows.

There is one true history And one true future. Listen well, For the child sprung from misery Will be the one to bring hope. From the weakest will come strength. From the hunted will come freedom. —Song of Venda

Because if I could believe in tomorrow or the next day, maybe that would give the magic time to come true. Or better, maybe by then I wouldn't need the magic at all.

Jase promised me a lifetime with him. He promised a mountain full of trees and a family that would grow to love me again. He promised we would write our own story. And I made promises too.

From the loins of Morrighan, Hope will be born. On its heels came a whispered name that was always just beyond my reach, not yet mine to hear, but I knew that one day my children's children or the ones who came after would hear it. One day hope would have a name.

Every one of my tomorrows is yours.

I can't promise you any tomorrows. And that was all I wanted.

Colonel Bodeen's mouth quirked awkwardly to the side. "And she is … your prisoner?" Considering the circumstances, the current animosity between our kingdoms, and my wretched appearance, it wasn't an unlikely conclusion. Orrin snorted. Sven coughed. "No, Colonel," Rafe answered. "Princess Arabella is your future queen.

I didn't have the luxury of living only in a single moment. I had to live in a hundred fractured moments that held our futures in the balance.

I can't promise any tomorrows

We stood and watched as the clan ran ahead of us into the valley that would become our home. Jafir pressed his hand to the small mound growing in my belly and smiled. Our hope. "We have been blessed by the gods," he said. "The cruelties of the world are behind us now. Our child will never know them." I

From the loins of Morrighan, Hope will be born.

One day hope would have a name.

Make a wish, Kazi, one for tomorrow, for the next day, and the next. One will always come true. Because if I could believe in tomorrow or the next day, maybe that would give the magic time to come true. Or better, maybe by then, I wouldn't need the magic at all.

Because if I could believe in tomorrow or the next day, maybe that would give the magic time to come true.

I'll make a life for you here, Lia. I promise.

It must be true then," I said. He smiled:"Must be, I'll show you one day".

Make a wish, Kazi, one for tomorrow, for the next day, and the next. One will always come true.

Don't look back, you're not going that way.

Debt requires you to transfer your future wealth to your creditors.

There's always an open door. Forget the past and walk through.

Now I predict the future / merely by listening to echoes. A slamming door / can tell you everything you need to know. It's not a trick / only a simple matter of wisdom, an obsessive attention / to dreams. — Mary Jo Bang, from "The Oracle," Apology for Want: Poems . (Middlebury; 1st edition July 15, 1997)