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Quotes about the future and the days still to come. This hand-picked collection brings together 30 of the finest future quotes ever written — from J. R. R. Tolkien, Winston Churchill, Tony Robbins and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

— Winston Churchill

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

— Tony Robbins

Every Saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

— Oscar Wilde

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

— Albert Camus

Sons are the purpose of a father's past and the pride of his future.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

— Greek Proverb

Holding on is believing that there's a past; letting go is knowing that there's a future.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

— William Shakespeare

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

— Horace

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

— William Shakespeare

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

— Victor Hugo

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

— Virgil

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

The youth is the hope of our future.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

— C. S. Lewis

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

— Native American Proverb

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

— Peter Drucker

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.

— Marcus Aurelius

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.

— Seneca

Let go of the past so the future can take your hand.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.

— Victor Hugo

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