I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge [COVID-19 pandemic]. And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. That the attributes of self-discipline, of quiet good-humoured resolve and of fellow-feeling still characterise this country. The pride in who we are is not a part of our past, it defines our present and our future.