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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or happily on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.

He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.

It is worse than folly... not to recognize the truth, for in it lies the tinder for tomorrow.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

Neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

We're so used to thinking in the short term, and the minute you speak in more long-term language then you tend to get dismissed as utopian and so on. We have a real problem here in making long-term thinking respectable

We are not able to sacrifice our short term interests for the sake of the long term.

If individuals have no sufficient reason to believe that a good situation today will have adverse long-term consequences, it must always be rational for them to aim to maximize their short-term good.

If you think two steps ahead, you forget what's important in the now.

Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

Today is today. But there are many tomorrows

To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future.

Look before, or you'll find yourself behind.

By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future.

I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

The world of tomorrow belongs to the person who has the vision for today.

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.