When you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

When I was young I didn’t care about education, just money and box office.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

When you are young you tend to do so many things that are not needed. When you get experience, you know what exactly what works for you and you tend to do things that you want.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

It took Simone a long time to understand why people want Daddy’s autograph. I’d tell her, and my wife would tell her, too, ‚People see Daddy in the movies, and they are excited to meet him.‘ But she couldn’t really grasp it.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.

While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that’s very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

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

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

In order for us to have a future that’s exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we’re a space-bearing civilization.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

I’ve noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it’s various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.

When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.

I haven’t had that one great love, which is good. I don’t want that to be in the past – I want it to be in the future.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they’re all excited. I want to get all the granules down to one end. I love all these rituals.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

I don’t think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.