Planning for the Future Quotes

The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it.

I care about my future, of course, but whatever happens, happens.

Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.

We all have a timeline. Most of us don't live like we have a timeline.

As you get older, you come to a place in life where you can't just live in the present.

Now is the time to fix the next 10 years.

Eve: "She had big plans for me. Kind of a pet, I imagine. Like William. Her little trained dog. And with you dead, she figured I'd inherit all your goodies. You're not going to do that to me are you?" Roarke: "What, die?" Eve: "Leave me all this stuff." Roarke: "Only you would be annoyed by that.

I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.

To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. You can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment.

Map out your future, but do it in pencil.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

Do today what you want for your tomorrows

[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive way, we can help make that good future come true.]

Today should always be outlawed in favor of tomorrow

What else may hap, to time I will commit.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it.

I'm not just retiring from the runway, I'm retiring from all modeling. God, I love saying that! When I was 18, my mom said I have to have a plan. I decided I'd leave on top. I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.

You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future.

We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present.

We treat our future selves as though they were our children, spending most of the hours of most of our days constructing tomorrows that we hope will make them happy