European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion.

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The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best! – Brian Tracy

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The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave. ― Ronald Regan

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The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ― Walt Disney

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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. - Earl Nightingale

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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. Simone de Beauvoir

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I just want to be like a good example to somebody in the future. -Megan Thee Stallion

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As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

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There's something exhilarating about being in the mountains and talking about management and the future with Peter Drucker. - Frances Hesselbein

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The future depends on what you do today. - Mahatma Gandhi

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