Prophecy Quotes

253 Prophecy quotes by 207 unique authors

The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps. — Carl Sagan
I tried to imagine how things could get much worse. The gods were in the Midwest fighting a huge monster that had almost defeated them… — Rick Riordan
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angles, but am note nice, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.… — Benjamin Carson
OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 â€“ 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn… — Isaac Newton
A legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past." "It's called a 'prophecy,'" Urruah said. "You may have heard… — Diane Duane
The vampire bible, bound in human skin, written in blood, and full of prophecies that were never wrong. Trouble was, if you read the thing… — MaryJanice Davidson
No. I cannot expect you to believe it. Take it as a lie--or a prophecy. Say I dreamed it in the workshop. Consider I have… — H.G. Wells
My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man… — Tamora Pierce
A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life… — George Eliot
There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever."… — Rick Riordan
We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy. — Haruki Murakami
Soon the sun will set'- is that prophecy? No, it's merely an assertion of faith in the consistency of events. — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. — Howard Zinn
Religion has everything on its side: revelation, prophecies, government protection, the highest dignity and eminence. . . and more than this, the invaluable prerogative of… — Irvin D. Yalom
You asked why the rate hate Overlanders so deeply. It is because they know one will be the warrior of the prophecy," said Vikus. "Oh,… — Suzanne Collins
In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. So bid him take care, bid him look where he leaps, As life… — Suzanne Collins
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter… — Bruce Sterling
No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me." "Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for… — Rick Riordan
Indeed the Book of Job avowedly only answers mystery with mystery. Job is comforted with riddles; but he is comforted. Herein is indeed a type,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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