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“Today's happy face, today's sad face. Yesterday, a weak self, tomorrow, a strong self. If it's you, who are you showing it to? If it's I, whom should I show it to?”
Ayumi Hamasaki (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The life of this world is made up of three days: yesterday has gone with all that was done; tomorrow, you may never reach; but today is for you so do what you should do today.”
Hasan al-Basri (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a lot of things great about life. But I think tomorrow is the most important thing. Comes in to us at midnight very clean, ya know. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.”
John Wayne (1907–1979) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Playboy interview, May 1971
“Let us not be governed today by what we did yesterday, nor tomorrow by what we do today, for day by day we must show progress.”
Andrew Taylor Still (1828–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only yesterday the practical things of today were decried as impractical, and the theories which will be practical tomorrow will always be branded as valueless games by the practical man of today.”
William Feller (1906–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prices have no memory, and yesterday has nothing to do with tomorrow.”
George Goodman (1930–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Three days: Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday, I know, Yet if the past were cancelled within the here and now And then the future hidden, I could regain that Day Which I, before I was, had lived in God's own way.”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) said by 1677 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And now, at the end of the twentieth century, with the pressure of modern information and the advances of data processing, graphics is passing through a new and fundamental stage. The great difference between the graphic representation of yesterday, which was poorly dissociated from the figurative image, and the graphics of tomorrow, is the disappearance of the congential fixity of the image.”
Jacques Bertin (1918–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Born to a premature death, a menial, subsistence-wage worker, odd-job man, the cleaner, the caught, the man under hatches, without bail-that's me, the colonial victim. Anyone who can pass the civil service examination today can kill me tomorrow. Anyone who passed the civil service examination yesterday can kill me today with complete immunity.”
George Jackson (activist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why did they do it?” he asked. “Because they’re afraid.” “Of what?” “Of yesterday,” said Mr. Hostetter. “Of tomorrow.”
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) said by 1978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We of the rank and file of the constituency parties say to the trade union movement that the Beveridge issue is as axiomatic to us as the Trade Disputes Act is to them. ... Jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today.”
Barbara Castle (1910–2002) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Labour Party Conference (1943), quoted in Barbara Castle, Fighting All The Way (1993), p. 116
“I was feeling good. And I think it’s just it’s a challenge. So let us discuss it as a challenge and move on...You know, there is three things: Yesterday is a canceled check. Today is cash. And tomorrow is a promissory note. Let us forget about the canceled checks, let us talk of the cash and the promissory notes.”
Eliud Kipchoge (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eliud Kipchoge (2023) cited in: "Kipchoge says leg injury foiled Boston Marathon attempt" in ClickOrlando, April 18, 2023.
“Tomorrow’s the future’s yesterday”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You seem to be wanting everything yesterday. Always the impossible. That's what you seem to portray. Give me one good reason why even if I stay, you won't walk away from me tomorrow. Today.”
Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. What we work on and how hard we work on it. It might seem like a stretch, but I really think the best thing you can do if you want to make art is to pretend you're starring in your own remake of Groundhog Day: Yesterday's over, tomorrow may never come, there's just today and what you can do with it.”
Austin Kleon (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To step into tomorrow’s possibilities you must let go of yesterday’s realities. Be careful of your choices between what was, is and will be. It is very hard to fully step into your destiny while you are still holding on to your history.”
Christine Caine (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I am in no competition with anyone but myself,I am letting my best of yesterday be my worst of tomorrow”
John Dumelo (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no way to find democracy in the Qur’an. The Islamic Government is achieving the truth of the ”day before yesterday” and the “day after tomorrow.” Democracy belongs to Greece, and they embody idolatry.”
Ahmad Fardid (1909–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Didar e Farahi va Fotuhate Aakhare Zamaan [The Divine Encounter and Apocalystic Revelations,” 2nd edition, Tehran: Moassesseye Farhangi va Pajoheshi Chap va Nashr Vaza, 2008, p. 77.
“Today as yesterday, and we hope, tomorrow, Refamp will fight for the advancement of all women in Benin and elsewhere...”
Rafiatou Karimou (1946–2018) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rafiatou karimo reacts and clarifies the questioning of ministers by Refamp- Benin,By Judicaël ZOHOUN, retrived on July 13 2014
“For Happiness, Just leave tomorrow, learn from yesterday and live today.”
Ramesh Singh Pal (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We hope, pray, and should work that our tomorrow is better than our yesterday and our today.”
Rotimi Amaechi (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The GERD is a great achievement that proves the strength of our spirit yesterday, examines our wisdom and ingenuity today, and shows the beacon of light we will have tomorrow”
Taye Atske Selassie (born 1956) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: President Taye: GERD Demonstrates Ethiopia’s Strength Yesterday, Ingenuity Today, And Vision For Tomorrow 14 September,2025
“We can't solve the problems of tomorrow by using the solutions of yesterday.”
Siyabulela Xuza (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday belongs to the dead and to chroniclers; today belongs to current functionaries and operatives; tomorrow belongs to visionaries and idealists, without whom you cannot build a new society.”
Anthony Enahoro (1923–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the saying goes, yesterday is a story gone, tomorrow can still be written in gold.”
Dapo Olorunyomi (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I try to connect yesterday, today, and tomorrow in everything I do”
N'Goné Fall (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift... that's why they call it the present.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (disputed) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The quote is usually regarded as anonymous, but is often attributed to her on several websites, as well as in several books, including My Life Is an Open Book (2008), The Spirituality of Mary Magdalene (2008), Mis cuatr…
“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.”
James Joyce (misattributed) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harvey Spencer Lewis, in The Doctrine of Reincarnation Part 3, in The Mystic Triangle (June 1927)
“Lost — Yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) first seen 1844 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Published (anonymously) as "A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT … which we clip from an exchange paper" in Universalist Union (16 March 1844), p. 288.
“Since the labor-power could be the labor of four, eight, or even twelve hours, the amount of labor expended can be augmented. The value of the labor-power is decided by the consumption goods necessary to maintain the life of the worker, making it possible for that person to exist as a human being who expends the same labor today as yesterday.”
Itsurō Sakisaka (1897–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some reckon time by stars, And some by hours: Some measure days by dreams, And some by flowers: My heart alone records My days and hours.”
Madison Cawein (1865–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A person working 45 hours per week averages 44% more income than someone working 40 hours per week. That’s 44% more income for 13% more time.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It happens that the stage sets collapse. Rising, streetcar, four hours in the office or the factory, meal, streetcar, four hours of work, meal, sleep and Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday according to the same rhythm — this path is easily followed most of the time. But one day the "why" arises and everything begins in that weariness tinged with amazement.”
Albert Camus (1913–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Running your own business may be a viable option for some women with children, flexible hours are key and this option, while challenging and not risk-free, does offer some latitude in structuring your time. I must warn ahead… there are no closing hours.”
Olajumoke Adenowo (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Q. Should you relax right before an athletic context, two hours before, or the night before? A. A good question, At San Jose State University, we tried it every way. For the majority, we found it better to do our major relaxation the night before an athletic contest. However, for the very tense, some of our athletes did their relaxation from two hours before the contest to right up to game time.”
Lloyd (Bud) Winter (1909–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are a lot of hours involved but when you become consistent in one discipline then you can put those hours in the other and even more time when you are not playing series.”
Andile Phehlukwayo (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So we had enough for one more day.--And it is by the day I live. Were I to think of how it will be a year or even a month hence, I should be tried indeed—yea, greatly tried. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," is my Lord's own precious warrant for this. He will not have me to be anxious about tomorrow, and therefore I cast my cares about tomorrow upon Him.”
George Müller (1805–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover Tomorrow Just you wait and see. There'll be love and laughter And peace ever after Tomorrow When the world is free.”
Nat Burton (1901–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan cares not how spiritual your intentions may be, and how holy your resolutions, if only they are fixed for tomorrow.”
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, Tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.”
William Congreve (1670–1729) said by 1729 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”
Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We disagreed with Zinoviev and Kamenev because we knew that the policy of amputation was fraught with great dangers for the Party, that the method of amputation, the method of blood-letting — and they demanded blood — was dangerous, infectious: today you amputate one limb, tomorrow another, the day after tomorrow a third — what will we have left in the Party?”
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at The Fourteenth Congress of the C.P.S.U.(B.) (December 1925)
“People may understand today or tomorrow or day after tomorrow— that doesn’t matter—but one day they will understand it. One thing I can say that, whatever I am saying is going to be the future philosophy, the future religion, of the whole humanity. (p. 22).”
Rajneesh (1931–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To lave in the wave, Majestic and chilly, Tomorrow I crave; But today it is silly. It is pleasant to look at the ocean; Tomorrow, perhaps, I shall swim in it.”
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow, Sunday, at 4 o'clock, visit from Picasso. As I'm expecting to see him tomorrow, my mind is at work. I'm doing this propaganda show [at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 1945] with him. I can imagine the room with my pictures on one side, and his on the other. It's as if I were going to cohabit with an epileptic.”
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Matisse in his notebook, c. April 1945; as cited in 'Matisse & Picasso', Paul Trachtman, Smithsonian Magazine, February 2003, p. 6
“There can be a new tomorrow There can be a brighter day There can be a new tomorrow Love will find a way”
Jackie DeShannon (born 1941) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Love Will Find A Way" (1968); written with Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers
“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.”
Langston Hughes (1901–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination, but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.”
Khaled Mashal (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh my baby's coming home tomorrow Ain't that good news, man, ain't that news? Baby's coming home tomorrow Ain't that news, man, ain't that news?”
Sam Cooke (1931–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a maxim, 'Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.' It is a maxim for sluggards. A better reading of it is, 'Never do today what you can as well do tomorrow,' because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”
Aaron Burr (1756–1836) said by 1836 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Marshall Brown, Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar (1899), p. 67. Alternately reported as "Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done", reported…