The future is no more uncertain than the present.
—Walt Whitman, 1856Quotes
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BCI 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 BCThe future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.
—Paul Valéry, 1931We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688He alone who owns the youth gains the future.
—Adolf Hitler, 1935A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is the plague that will sweep away and destroy civilization; man will have to rise against it sooner or later.
—George Moore, 1888I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.
—Euripides, c. 425 BC