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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.

—William Jennings Bryan, 1899

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

—Ray Bradbury, 1992

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

—Cleanthes, c. 250 BC

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

—Walt Whitman, 1856

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

—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688
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