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Quotes, 12/18/14

9 years ago

What matter is to live in the present, live now, for every momern is now! It is you thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already excists, for you created its pattern in your past.
Sai Baba

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which wil be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future..
William Wordsworth

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius

Comments (2)

jim_1 (Zone 5B)
9 years ago
Using Confucius as a springboard:

A Greek proverb:
A society grows great when old men plants trees whose shade they know they shall never sit it.
lilosophie
9 years ago
Yes to all of them, including Jim's!
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