Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.

The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.

My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.