17 Quotes About the Future

Today's Affirmation:The past is the past! My direction is forward, not back!

We humans often have such pessimism about the future and about ourselves. That pessimism chains us to old nightmares that keep repeating. We mourn at sunsets and feel helpless to change the momentum of our individual and collective existence.But, what if we chose to see sunset as beginnings rather than endings? What if we chose to walk away from certainty that chains us to the past and trade it for the uncertainty where possibility and potential live?Today I am posting 17 quotes focused on helping you to positively focus on the future. While you cannot underestimate the importance of living fully in the now, I believe it is important to create a positive expectation for the future. See new horizons for yourself and for humanity. Too often, our popular media portrays a dark and dangerous future. This probably mirrors the human mental default setting.It takes work to overcome that and see a bright and positive future. However, we must if we are to live in that future. The future is always a mystery, but never an accident. I hope these quotes will help you prepare for and paint a colorful and empowering future. I am certain you will find at least one quote, if not several, that fire your visions for peaceful, positive, and productive future.

1. "I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”~ Elizabeth Gilbert
2. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."~ Eleanor Roosevelt
3. "The best way to predict the future is to event it."~ Alan Kay
4. "The minute you alter your perception of yourself and your future, both you and your future begin to change."~ Marilee Zdenek
5. "And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don't let logic interfere. Believe in your heart instead."~ Philip Robison
6. "You keep unconsciously becoming your past, until you consciously choose to become your new future."~ Ray Davis
7. "He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."~ George Orwell
8. "The future belongs to the risk-takers, not the comfort-seekers."~ Brian Tracy
9. “We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen.”~ James Redfield
10. "The future starts today, not tomorrow."~ Pope John Paul II
11. “The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.”~ Carl Sagan
12. "Take comfort in the future. We worry about what will become of us. Our lives are chaotic like a wave rushing to shore. But every single drop of water in that wave winds up precisely where it belongs, and so do we."~ Ray Davis
13. "The past is always tense, the future perfect."~ Zadie Smith
14. "You can build the future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time."~ Lauren Oliver
15. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
16. “Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.”~ Henry David Thoreau
17. "Your future is only as bright as your mind is open."~ Rich Wilkins

We are capable of amazing futures, even as we tend to the present. Those futures are born in individual minds and the collective mind, and must be, if we are see them manifest in our world.Follow your bliss. Experience your bliss. Become your bliss.Ray Davis is the founder of The Affirmation Spot. He's spent more than 25 years studying personal development and especially writing, recording, and using affirmations to achieve his goals. His eBook - The Power to Be You - offers 416 life-changing and original quotes, ideas, and affirmations to take you to new levels of achievement and reflection.Anunnaki Awakening: Revelation, Ray's first novel,  is turning heads and opening minds. Humanity's past is checkered, secret, and dangerous.White House Correspondent Maria Love is on to the story of her life and with the help of an Anunnaki leader seeks to unravel and reveal history's biggest conspiracy. The Awakening has begun!