Future
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Dr. Alan C. Kay – American computer scientist (b. 1940), at a “Xerox Palo Alto Research Center” meeting (1971), Quotations book 2021

Scars
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Our scars remind us of our past, they do not define our future.

proverb, falsely attributed to Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910)

Know your past
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Only those who know the past have a future.

attributed to Wilhelm von Humboldt – Prussiian scholar, writer and statesman (1767-1835), allegedly said during a journey to Paris in 1789, Quotations book 2020

No source could be verified by the Wilhelm von Humboldt foundation.

Façonner l’avenir
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Pour ce qui est de l’avenir, il ne s’agit pas de le prévoir, mais de le rendre possible.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – écrivain et aviateur français (1900-1944), de “La Citadelle” (1948)

Estimate
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We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

William H. “Bill” Gates – American software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955), from “The Road Ahead” (1995), Quotations book 2015

Makers
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We are the makers of our own destiny. We can mend or mar the present and on that will depend the future.

Mahatma Gandhi – Indian politician (1869-1948), from an interview with the Chinese ambassador in India, Dr. Lo Chia Luen (1947)

Future
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Teach us to realize how short our lives are. Then our hearts will become wise.

The Bible, Psalms 90:12 (NIRV) – Quotations book 2009

Change
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If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is in sight.

Jack Welch – born John Francis Welch jr., legendary American manager: General Electric (1935-2020), Fortune 1999: Manager of the Century

Enjoy uncertainty
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You have a choice. You can worry until you drop dead. Or you can prefer to enjoy the little bit of uncertainty.

Norman Mailer – American writer and director (1923-2007)

Seeing possibilities
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The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

John Sculley – American entrepreneur and investor (b. 1939), Quotations book 2014

Tradition
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Tradition is not to preserve the ashes but to pass on the flame.

Wisdom

Future
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The past cannot be changed. The future is still in your power.

Hugh White – American lawyer, businessman and politician (1798-1870)

Avenir
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Celui qui veut lire l’avenir doit feuilleter le passé.

attribué à André Malraux – écrivain et homme politique français (1901-1976)

Future
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There is a future for the man of peace.

The bible, Psalm 37:37 (ESV) – Quotations book 2019

Przyszłośc
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Przyszłości się nie poznaje, lecz się ją tworzy.

Stanisław Brzozowski – polski filozof i pisarz (1878 – 1911), z “Legenda Młodej Polski. Studia o strukturze duszy kulturalnej” (1910)

You don’t recognize the future, but you create it.

Stanisław Brzozowski – Polisch philosopher and writer (1878-1911), from “The Legend of Young Poland. Studies on the Structure of the Cultural Spirit” (“Legenda Młodej Polski. Studia o strukturze duszy kulturalnej”, 1910)

Past and future
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), from “Back to Methuselah” (1921), Quotations book 2014

Glorious future
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Most things remain to be done. Glorious future.

Ingvar Kamprad – Swedish entrepreneur, founder of IKEA (1926-2018)

Look forward
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The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward.

Sir Winston L. Churchill – British politician, 1940-45 and 1951-55 Prime Minister, Nobel Prize in literature 1953 (1874-1965), from “Maxims”, March 2nd, 1944 Royal College of Physicians, London, Quotations book 2012

Education
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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

attributed to Malcolm X zugeschrieben – born Malcolm Little; American Muslim preacher and civil rights activist (1925-1965)

Scilled investment
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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

John Maynard Keynes – British economist and investor (1883-1946)

Future
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The future is never clear. You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long-term values.

Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2014

Empower
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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

attributed to William H. “Bill” Gates – American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955)

Future
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We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

Criswell (aka “The Amazing Criswell”) – born Jeron Criswell Konig, American Entertainer and spycic  (1907-1982), from the beginning speech of the science fiction movie “Plan 9 From Outer Space” (1957)

Dreams of the future
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt – American presidential spouse 1933-45 and philanthropist, co-writer of the UN Charta for human rights (1884-1962), Quotations book 2004

Act
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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

attributed to William James – American philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910), Quotations book 2020

Survival
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The world will survive. It survived all of people’s stupidities as well as countless changes from Mother Nature and so it will do this time.

James B. “Jim” Rogers – American star investor, business columnist and author (b. 1942), Quotations book 2013