He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.

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

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

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

Destiny 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.

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

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

Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

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

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

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.