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.

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

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

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

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