Future Quotes
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."— Abraham Lincoln
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Meaning of this quote
An uncertain future becomes less overwhelming when approached through the day currently available. The saying encourages manageable attention rather than attempting to carry every possible future problem at once.
Key takeaway:
Meet the future through today's manageable actions.
Origin of the quote
Quote Investigator's earliest match is a 1950 interview in which Dean Acheson credited an anonymous Vermont woman. The saying was attached to Lincoln decades after his death.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedThe research cites Lincoln scholars who found no credible evidence for his authorship. Acheson transmitted the saying but explicitly credited another speaker, whose identity is unknown.
