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Future Quotes
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Future Quotes
Read 200 of the best future quotes about hope, change, dreams and shaping tomorrow from Eleanor Roosevelt, Alan Kay, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln and more.
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”Jim Rohn
“Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”John F. Kennedy
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
Alan Kay
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Study the past, if you would divine the future.”
Confucius
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.”
Warren Bennis
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
Corrie ten Boom
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future.”
Bernard Meltzer
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.”
Robert H. Schuller
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
Seneca
“You can never plan the future by the past.”
Edmund Burke
“I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.”
Ray Bradbury
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”Maya Angelou
“Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.”
Og Mandino
“I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.”
Ralph Abernathy
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”Eleanor Roosevelt
“Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”
Bil Keane
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
Steve Jobs
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”William Shakespeare
“Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”
Oprah Winfrey
“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”
Richard Bach
“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.”
Victor Hugo
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About Future Quotes
The future isn't something that simply happens to us; it's something we build, one choice and one day at a time. Our hopes, habits, learning and courage today shape the world we'll live in tomorrow. Thinking about the future can bring excitement, worry or wonder, but the wisest voices agree that the best way to prepare for tomorrow is to live well today.
This collection brings together 200 of the best future quotes about hope, change, dreams, destiny, technology and shaping tomorrow, from Eleanor Roosevelt, Alan Kay, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla and many more. For more, explore our [Dreams Quotes](/topics/dreams-quotes) and [Change Quotes](/topics/change-quotes).
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about Future quotes.
What is the most famous quote about the future?
Eleanor Roosevelt's "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" and Alan Kay's "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" are two of the most famous.
Did Peter Drucker say "The best way to predict the future is to create it"?
That version is widely credited to Drucker, but the line was first popularized by computer scientist Alan Kay as "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
Did the Buddha say "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future"?
The quote is widely shared, but it doesn't appear in the Buddha's recorded teachings, so we've left it out.
What did Indian leaders say about the future?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam urged, "Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow," and Jawaharlal Nehru said on Independence night, "The future beckons to us."
What is a funny quote about the future?
Yogi Berra said, "The future ain't what it used to be," and Charles Kettering joked that he cared about the future "because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
What is a short future quote?
Try "The future starts today, not tomorrow," "Tomorrow never comes," "AI is the new electricity," "Carpe diem" or "After all, tomorrow is another day!"