He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935Quotes
I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
—Ray Bradbury, 1992Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCDestiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCEvery man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.
—Sigmund Freud, 1927I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
—Edmund Burke, 1790