Erwin McManus Quotes

It is only by acknowledging that you have created everything up until now that you can take charge of creating the future you want.

We can’t change history, but we can create the future.

Thoughtful people are concerned with the future because that is the only area of experience about which anything can be done. We cannot change the past, and the present is gone as soon as it is reported, but the future is that in which we can make a difference.

You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.

Only you can control your future.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

Taking control of your own creation, you can ultimately affect your future.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. 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.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

Political activity means working for the future; the more we look into the future the more far-sighted will our policy be - so much the more clear and decided. The less far we try to see into the future, the more we content ourselves with the daily routine (Alltäglichkeit), the more weak and uncertain will be our policy of to-day. Every politician of note must, therefore endeavor out of the present to conclude what the future will be, and, if he wants to win the masses to his politics then he must attempt to make his expectations of the future plausible

The one with the primary responsibility to the individual's future is that individual.

Defending yesterday … is far more risky than making tomorrow.

Take hold of your future or the future will take hold of you

To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. That is the law of life, individual and social .... The means used to prepare the future become its cornerstone.

The future is purchased by the present.

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

Creating the future is incredibly exciting. When you talk about ideas and creativity, it's really about having that vision in your mind of how the world could be better, of how it could be a brighter place.

When I think about my children and how different their futures might be as a result of climate change, it makes me determined to do something about it.

My future is one I must make myself.

The bottom line is that you are the one who is creating your life the way it is. The life you currently live is the result of all your past thoughts and actions. You are in charge of your current thoughts and your present feelings.