English

Proverb

tomorrow is another day

1. Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.
   • 1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:

     Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,

     whether shall I flie?

     Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,

     while she passeth by.

     Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,

     remember, remember,

     to morrow is another day:

   • 1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:

     "Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."

   • 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:

     "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

   • 2005 June 19, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, (retrieved 18 Aug 2009):

     "Half of me is depressed—the idea didn't work out—and half is hopeful. Tomorrow is another day and maybe something will work then."

Translations

See also

• hope springs eternal
• when one door closes, another opens