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title: "8 Future Shaped Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Future Shaped quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Future Shaped sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The future is shaped by young people foolish enough to believe they can topple a mountain. And yet, when we stand among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-rowland/the-future-is-shaped-by-young-people-foolish-enough-to-believe-they/)

[Mitch Rowland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-rowland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/mitch-rowland-43783_change_the-future-is-shaped-by-young-people-foo_86552.jpg)

> [Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosabeth-moss-kanter/our-future-will-be-shaped-by-the-assumptions-we-make-about-who-we-are/)

[Rosabeth Moss Kanter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosabeth-moss-kanter/)

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> [What is really momentous and all-important with us is the present, by which the future is shaped and colored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-greenleaf-whittier/what-is-really-momentous-and-all-important-with-us-is-the-present-by/)

[John Greenleaf Whittier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-greenleaf-whittier/)

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> [Why should a child's future be shaped by where they are born?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/why-should-a-child-s-future-be-shaped-by-where-they-are-born/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/catherine-marshall-11762_born_why-should-a-child-s-future-be-shaped-by_1401060.jpg)

> [It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kennedy/it-is-not-enough-to-understand-or-to-see-clearly-the-future-will-be/)

[Robert Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/robert-kennedy-2083_activity_it-is-not-enough-to-understand-or-to-see_2233479.jpg)

> [Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chancellor/now-the-21st-century-approaches-and-with-it-the-inevitability-of/)

[John Chancellor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chancellor/)

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> [“So what are you going to do? Let your future be shaped by the injustices and cruelties of the past, or do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-e-vaughan/so-what-are-you-going-to-do-let-your-future-be-shaped-by-the/)

[Ralph E. Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-e-vaughan/)

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> [“The future will be shaped by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy/the-future-will-be-shaped-by-those-willing-to-commit-their-minds-and/)

[Robert F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy/)

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