Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

—John F. Kennedy

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day.

—Gloria Steinem

The future should be something we deserve, not something which is merely reached at the rate of 60 minutes per hour.

—anonymous

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

—Isaac Asimov

Light tomorrow with today!               —Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.

—Hazel Henderson

The stories that you tell about your past shape your future.

—Eric Ransdell

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow. But of course, without the top you can’t have any sides. It’s the top that defines the sides.

—Robert M. Pirsig

You can no longer look to the past in an attempt to predict your future. A large part of the present is obsolete and, for most people, much of the future is beyond comprehension.

—Christopher Hegarty

My interest is in the future because I’m going to spend the rest of my life there.

—Charles Ketterin

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

—Andrew Carnegie

The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination.

 —John Schaar