Compared with past history, I prefer future dreams. [Beauty] Jefferson

I love the past and admire it, but I hope the future will exceed the past. What it can surpass, it must surpass... [French] Romain Rolland: "The Pioneer"

The present interests me more than the past, and the future is more fascinating than the present. [English] Ben Disraeli: "Loselle"

Looking back on the past, I feel proud, and looking forward to the future, I feel confident. [Germany] Monson: "History of Rome"

The past belongs to Death, and the future belongs to you. [English] Shelley: "Shelley's Collected Works"

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. [English] Oscar Wilde: "Selected Works of Wilde"

A person should feel happy about yesterday and have confidence in tomorrow. [English] Wordsworth

Everything that is to come is in the future, / everything that has passed is in the past. /Everything in the world/has its own time limit. [Su] Miya Dugin: "Everything that comes is in the future"

A person who doesn't know what to do tomorrow is unfortunate. [Su] Gorky: "Foma Gordeev"

All human efforts should be focused on the future life. [Czech] Comenius: "The Great Doctrine"

Human life style always tends to keep looking at the future. [English] Samuel Johnson: "Rambler"

The eyes must be cast forward. [Germany] Aokeng: "The Meaning and Value of Life"

Grow up, young lives... the future belongs to you! [Russian] Turgenev: "The Noble House"

Remember and believe this truth: the future is not in fate, but in our own hands. [France] Ru Zelang: "Farewell to the United States Radio Speech"

We are not waiting for the future, we are creating the future. [French] Joe Bernardo: "What's the Use of Freedom"

Not only must we explain the past, but we must boldly predict the future and bravely engage in practical activities to realize the future. [Soviet] Lenin: "Karl Marx"

Those who know that there is a tomorrow, who does not strive for tomorrow? [Arab] Mughfa: "Kalilai and Dimona? Preface"

The longing for the future is a sincere and strong desire for the existence of something that will never perish. Feel. [Germany] Goethe: "Goethe's Maxims and Reflections"

Don't look at the past with a mournful eye, because the past is gone forever. Improve reality wisely, for it is yours alone. Don’t back down and be manly as you move forward into an as-yet-unknown future. [Beauty] Longfellow: "Hyperion"

Get up! Invest in an ongoing future. [France] Paul Valery: "Seaside Cemetery"

Don't be downcast, even if you lose everything, you still have a future. [English] Oscar Wilde: "Letter"

Never overestimate the present, and never place your hopes on the present. Happiness and pleasure can only be the longing for a happy future. [Russian] Chekhov: "Supplement"

Flowers that bloom in the dark must always strive for light during the day, and one day they will achieve their goals. [Germany] Helmlin: "Song of Bucharest 1953"

Winter will not always be winter. After fighting the harsh winter, what will surely follow is the glorious spring. [Japan] Daisaku Ikeda: "Message to Youth"

It is better to regret the past than to strive for the future. The future, with its attendant tantalizing consequences of imagination, is what most of us envision. [Germany] Schopenhauer: "Essays and Proverbs"

The true generosity of the future lies in dedicating everything to the present. [French] Camus: "The Resistant Man"

I never look forward to the future, because the future will soon become the present. [Germany] Einstein: "Collected Works of Einstein"

The past is a finite and evaluable concept; the future is infinite because it is an unknown quantity.

[French] George Sand: "The Collected Works of George Sand"

Sacrificing truth, love, all human morality and self-esteem for the future is tantamount to sacrificing the future. [French] Romain Rolland: "The Struggle of Love and Death"

She longs for unknown things, she calls for nameless living things, and she lives in eternal expectation. The "future" scares her, and she wants to know the "future". [French] France: "Daisy"

We know what we are now, but we don't know what we will become in the future. [English] Shakespeare: "Hamlet"

The future threatens the present so ruthlessly. [English] Galsworthy: "The Forsytes"