The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.

The future was with Fate. The present was our own.

~ The Poison Belt

We're all in this together – by ourselves.

There is no destiny beyond and above ourselves; we are ourselves the architects of our future.

We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

We are always in our own company.

The future is of our own making — and (for me) the most striking characteristic of the century is just that development, that maturing of our consciousness which should open our eyes to that truth.

We make our own fortunes, and call them fate.

The world, as we perceive it, is our own invention.

We are a sovereign country so we must get out from this crisis by ourselves. We must draw away danger with our own hands. History would never forgive the present generation for wasting this chance.

The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.