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

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

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

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

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.

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

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

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

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

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

Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.

The future comes like an unwelcome guest.

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.