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title: "7 Future Trying Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Future Trying quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Future Trying sayings and thoughts."
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> [Just, you never know what the next day is going to bring. That goes for football, goes for off the field, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-favre/just-you-never-know-what-the-next-day-is-going-to-bring-that-goes-for/)

[Brett Favre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-favre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/brett-favre-7332_deals_just-you-never-know-what-the-next-day-is_186358.png)

> [My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kid-cudi/my-background-is-not-typical-hip-hop-i-didn-t-grow-up-in-the-projects/)

[Kid Cudi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kid-cudi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/kid-cudi-608_backgrounds_my-background-is-not-typical-hip-hop-i-d_400917.jpg)

> [You can't let your past pull you back from a future that's trying to pull you forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/you-can-t-let-your-past-pull-you-back-from-a-future-that-s-trying-to/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/anurag-prakash-ray-38_forget-the-past_you-can-t-let-your-past-pull-you-back-fr_963002.jpg)

> [“I wish I could ask the future whether I should give up or keep trying. Then again, what if trying, even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-manguso/i-wish-i-could-ask-the-future-whether-i-should-give-up-or-keep-trying/)

[Sarah Manguso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-manguso/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sarah-manguso-11172_accomplishment_i-wish-i-could-ask-the-future-whether-i_1070578.jpg)

> [My future's about trying to be a better man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terrence-howard/my-future-s-about-trying-to-be-a-better-man/)

[Terrence Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terrence-howard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/terrence-howard-10939_better-man_my-future-s-about-trying-to-be-a-better_1335740.jpg)

> [I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-was-not-predicting-the-future-i-was-trying-to-prevent-it/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/ray-bradbury-75_predicting_i-was-not-predicting-the-future-i-was-tr_2812314.jpg)

> [I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-as-a-species-we-re-not-designed-to-be-able-to-think-more-than/)

[Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/douglas-coupland-305_able_i-think-as-a-species-we-re-not-designed_2844329.jpg)

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