Quotes about Destiny

“We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.”

“Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster which they call Destiny.”

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

“Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.”

“No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.”

“Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.”

“Anatomy is destiny.”

“Such as we are made of, such we be.”

“The destiny of man is in his own soul”

“We write our own destiny; we become what we do.”

“Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.”

“It appears I am destined for something; I will live.”

“He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.”

“I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king.”

“One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.”

“A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.”

“I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage]”

“What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.”

“Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”

“If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.”

“I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.”

“No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.”

“Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.”

“Destiny is something men select; women achieve it only by default or stupendous suffering.”

“We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.”

“No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.”

“Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.”

“We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”

“And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.”

“The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.”