“Show pity I beg you…
We have today been struck down by fortune
But tomorrow it may be your own turn to die.”

“I'm not afraid," Rafi said.
"Why not?"
"If I die tomorrow it will have been useless to have been afraid today.”

Mark Helprin A Soldier of the Great War

“Today will die tomorrow.”

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic

“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 (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“Today is all we have, tomorrow is a mirage that may never become reality.”

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer

“To be in your children's memories tomorrow,
You have to be in their lives today.”

Barbara Johnson (1947–2009) American literary critic

“Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you;
you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

James Allen (1864–1912) British philosophical writer

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you.
You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

Ralph Smart

“But in the meantime all the life you have or ever will have is today, tonight, tomorrow, today, tonight, tomorrow, over and over again (I hope),…”

Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls