Learn from Yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow

[Anonymous]

could some one please help me traslate the quote...

"Learn from Yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow"
its very important to me please help!!

thanks!!

 

[QMF]

What's the noun form of "yesterday", Latinists? I know heri is the adverbial form.

 

[Fulgor Laculus]

Tomorrow as a noun: crastinus dies.
Yesterday as a noun: hesternus dies.
I know of no single word nouns for these.

So to avoid the clumsiness of a literal translation, I'll replace the specific days with the general terms for past, present and future:
Disce a praeteritis, vive in praesentia, fide futuro.

crede postero is a possible alternative for fide futuro that fans of Horatius might like.

 

[QMF]

A good workaround. I like it. It works especially well since the English isn't really trying to literally say what happened yesterday or tomorrow (though one loses the metaphor).