Future Focus Quotes

See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.

You can't base your life on the past or the present. You have to tell me about your future.

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

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

I don't do a lot of looking back; I tend to look ahead.

Begin with the end in mind.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

If we think a playoff spot's not in the cards, there will be no concern for appearances or cosmetics whatsoever. We'll continue to address our future and trade off some pieces that would keep us respectable.

Live out of your imagination, not your history

I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.

A liberal is a person who kept an open mind … a person who did not always look backward but would look forward to new possible solutions.

I think you have to see two steps ahead of things. That's just the way I roll.

The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we cannot expect to be in touch with today.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

The Past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.

In my early 40s I started to feel that I had neglected the spiritual side of my life. It had always been there, but I'd neglected it. In fashion, that's really easy because we live in the future, and we can place too much importance on material things.

The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me something to be passionate about.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.