Quotes About Future

El futuro trae consigo lo desconocido; por tanto, la inflexibilidad y la falta de voluntad para cambiar traen la certeza de la extinción.

The successful among us delay gratification and bargain with the future.

You could be more than you are." When you dare aspire upward, you reveal the inadequacy of the present and the promise of the future.

La memoria no es una descripción del pasado objetivo, sino una herramienta. La memoria es la guía del pasado para el futuro.

When you dare aspire upward, you reveal the inadequacy of the present and the promise of the future. Then you disturb others,

se puede conseguir algo mejor en el futuro renunciando a algo valioso en el presente.

Así que los sacrificios son necesarios para mejorar el futuro, y si son grandes, entonces valen más.

Should victory in the present always take precedence over trajectory across time?

Vice is easy. Failure is easy, too. It's easier not to shoulder a burden. It's easier not to think, and not to do, and not to care. It's easier to put off until tomorrow what needs to be done today, and drown the upcoming months and years in today's cheap pleasures. As the infamous father of the Simpson clan puts it, immediately prior to downing a jar of mayonnaise and vodka, "That's a problem for Future Homer. Man, I don't envy that guy!"66

Memory is not a description of the objective past. Memory is a tool. Memory is the past's guide to the future. If you remember that something bad happened, and you can figure out why, then you can try to avoid that bad thing happening again. That's the purpose of memory. It's not "to remember the past". It's to stop the same damn thing form happening over and over.

We need to talk about the nature of the present and our plans for the future, so we know where we are, where we are going, and why we are going there.

Even when satisfied, temporarily, we remain curious. We live within a framework that defines the present as eternally lacking and the future as eternally better. If we did not see things this way, we would not act at all. We wouldn't even be able to see, because to see we must focus, and to focus we must pick one thing above all else on which to focus.

The future: that's where you go to die

El presente puede cambiar el pasado y el futuro puede cambiar el presente.

If you are disciplined and privilege the future over the present you can change the structure of reality in your favour.

If you act properly, your actions allow you to be psychologically integrated now, and tomorrow, and into the future, while you benefit yourself, your family, and the broader world around you.

When you dare aspire upward, you reveal the inadequacy of the present and the promise of the future. Then you disturb others, in the depths of their souls, where they understand that their cynicism and immobility are unjustifiable. You play Abel to their Cain. You remind them that they ceased caring not because of life's horrors, which are undeniable, but because they do not want to lift the world up on to their shoulders, where it belongs.

Vivimos dentro de un contexto que define el presente como eternamente incompleto y el futuro como eternamente mejor.

It is not vision as such, and not a plan devised to achieve a vision, that is at fault under such circumstances. A vision of the future, the desirable future, is necessary. Such a vision links action taken now with important, long-term, foundational values. It lends actions in the present significance and importance. It provides a frame limiting uncertainty and anxiety.

You need to consider the future and think, "What might my life look like if I were caring for myself properly? What career would challenge me and render me productive and helpful, so that I could shoulder my share of the load, and enjoy the consequences? What should I be doing, when I have some freedom, to improve my health, expand my knowledge, and strengthen my body?

When you dare aspire upward, you reveal the inadequacy of the present and the promise of the future.

muito provavelmente, se você ou alguém que ama não está sofrendo agora, estará dentro de cinco anos, a menos que você seja bizarramente sortudo.

El cambio que altera lo actualmente predecible y ordenado también implica potencial para avanzar hacia un futuro más prometedor. Lo inesperado es, en sí mismo, información, una información necesaria para la expansión constante de la competencia adaptativa. Esa información viene envuelta en peligro y promesa.

Here's a productive symbolic idea: the future is a judgmental father.