“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.”– Oliver Wendell Holmes Related Quotes “If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.”– Madeleine Albright “Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.”– Coco Chanel “Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.”– Queen Elizabeth II