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title: "8 Future Shall Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Future Shall quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Future Shall sayings and thoughts."
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> [We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/we-do-not-know-enough-about-how-the-present-will-lead-into-the-future/)

[Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/)

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> [If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-toffler/if-we-do-not-learn-from-history-we-shall-be-compelled-to-relive-it/)

[Alvin Toffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-toffler/)

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> [The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/the-future-you-shall-know-when-it-has-come-before-then-forget-it/)

[Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/aeschylus-749_forget_the-future-you-shall-know-when-it-has-co_494895.png)

> [“We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-are-the-dead-our-only-true-life-is-in-the-future-we-shall-take/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/george-orwell-57_activism-inspiration_we-are-the-dead-our-only-true-life-is-in_506765.jpg)

> [We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/we-are-the-dead-our-only-true-life-is-in-the-future-we-shall-take-2/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/george-orwell-57_bones_we-are-the-dead-our-only-true-life-is-in_956070.jpg)

> [We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/we-have-nothing-to-fear-for-the-future-except-as-we-shall-forget-the/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/ellen-g-white-1229_education_we-have-nothing-to-fear-for-the-future-e_1967790.jpg)

> [It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-eddington/it-is-sound-judgment-to-hope-that-in-the-not-too-distant-future-we/)

[Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-eddington/)

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> [Not until we have taken a look into the future shall we be strong and bold enough to investigate our paste honestly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-von-daniken/not-until-we-have-taken-a-look-into-the-future-shall-we-be-strong-and/)

[Erich von Däniken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-von-daniken/)

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