Quotes by Future The past is only so heroic as we see it. It is the canvas on which our idea of heroism is painted, and so, in one sense, the dim prospectus of our future field. Henry David Thoreau futurepastideas A soil adapted to the growth of plants, is necessarily prepared and carefully preserved; and, in the necessary waste of land which is inhabited, the foundation is laid for future continents, in order to support the system of the living world. James Hutton futurelandorder We're handing them [young people & future generations] a climate system which is potentially out of their control. We're in an emergency: you can see what's on the horizon over the next few decades with the effects it will have on ecosystems, sea level and species extinction James Hansen futureecosystemssea The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present. James M. Kouzes futureleadershippeople We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science James Lovelock futureignorancefeelings We are not to be anxious about the unknown future or to fret about it. We are to live in a moment-by-moment dependence upon God. James Montgomery Boice futurereligiousgod The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war. James Smith McDonnell futurecreativitywar I have not the most definite designs on the future. Henry David Thoreau dogmafuturedesign America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. Jane Addams futureeducationchildren Somewhere inside we do know everything about ourselves. There is no real forgetting. Perhaps we know somewhere, too, about all there is to come. Jane Gardam futurerealforget If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to change the prospects for the future. Jane Fonda futurewomengirl The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science. Jawaharlal Nehru hunger-and-povertyfuturescience The future has to be lived before it can be written about. Jawaharlal Nehru futurewritten Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat. Jean Antoine Petit-Senn futurewould-bepromise The future is not in the hands of fate but in ours. Jean Jules Jusserand futurefatehands Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from living things around us and bring our values and actions in line with ecological necessity. But we must first realize that ecological and social and economic issues are all deeply intertwined. There can be no solution to one without a solution to the others. Jean-Michel Cousteau futureissuesself How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great. Jean Paul futureillsoul I say I'm in love with her. What does that mean? It means I review my future and my past in the light of this feeling. It is as though I wrote in a foreign language that I am suddenly able to read. Wordlessly, she explains me to myself. LIke genius she is ignorant of what she does. Jeanette Winterson futurelovemean When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic. Jean Rostand futuretruthscience There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. Jean Rostand futuremenpast«1819202122232425262728»
