Gary ChapmanThe best way to predict future is to create it." Abraham Lincoln
About This Quote
The best way to predict the future is to build it. Lincoln is saying that if you can change what is happening, then you can change what will happen. Had Lincoln not built his own house, he would have never had the opportunity to say what he did in this quote.
Source: Growing Up Social: Raising Relational Kids In A Screendriven World
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