Destiny Quotes

Destiny Quotes and Sayings

Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. – Ursula K. Le Guin

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. – Les Brown

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. – Goethe

If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up some place else. – Yogi Berra

You were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within you. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as you let your own light shine, you unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As you are liberated from your own fear, your presence automatically liberates others. – Nelson Mandela

Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. – William Shakespeare

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

A man’s happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Ask not what tomorrow may bring, but count as blessing every day that fate allows you. – Horace

Quotes about Destiny

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny. – Og Mandino

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. – James Allen

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. – Alexis Carrel

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. – Orison S. Marden

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. – Carl Schurz

Your destiny is not for someone else to manage – it is your destiny. – Byron Pulsifer

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. – Andre Maurois

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. – Seneca

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer

Don’t forget your history nor your destiny. – Bob Marley

Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses. – Democritus

Manifest Destiny Quotes

And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny. – Paul Acquasanta

Destiny. A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure. – Ambrose Bierce

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own. – Edwin Markham

People who never dream, or never set goals, let life go by day by day letting others determine their destiny. – Catherine Pulsifer

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. -
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Quotes on Destiny

Character is destiny. – Heraclitus

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own. – Andre Malraux

Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it. – Henry Miller

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny. – John Oliver

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided. – Alfred North Whitehead

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty. – Robert Levine

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. – Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

There is a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. – William Shakespeare

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time. – Marcus Aurelius

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. – William Ernest Henley

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