DESTINY QUOTES III

quotations about destiny

Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.

NEIL ARMSTRONG

attributed, Rocket Men


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 SWETT MARDEN

Peace


It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

speech in the House of Commons, Feb. 27, 1945


The thing about destiny is that it can so nearly not happen and, even when it does, rarely looks like what it is.

GEOFF DYER

Jeff in Venice


Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

JAMES ALLEN

Como Un Hombre Piensa Asi Es Su Vida


Destiny guides us towards a specific goal, but without our wilful participation we will not achieve our destiny.

LEE BLADON

The Science of Spirituality


The soul of man createth its own destiny.

NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS

"Extract"


If you believe your destiny is controlled by fate, and your life is predetermined, I am sorry to inform you that you are already dead.

ROMEO MARRISHAW

Fantabulous Quotes of Wisdom


Destiny can never be cast away by you because it is you.

SORIN CERIN

Wisdom Collection


Destiny is ... only God's whisper.

SORIN CERIN

Wisdom Collection


A glance, a word -- and joy or pain befalls.... How slight the links are in the chain that binds us to our destiny!

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

"Kismet"


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.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

speech, Feb. 22, 1899


Long tarries destiny,
But comes to those who pray.

AESCHYLUS

The Libation Pourers


Not without a shudder may the human hand grasp the mysterious urn of destiny.

FRIEDRICH SCHILLER

The Death of Wallenstein


Men speak of blind destiny, a thing without scheme or purpose. But what sort of destiny is that? Each act in this world from which there can be no turning back has before it another, and it another yet. In a vast endless net. Men imagine that the choices before them are theirs to make. But we are free to act only upon what is given. Choice is lost in the maze of generations and each act in the maze is itself an enslavement for it voids every alternative and binds one ever more tightly into the constraints that make a life.

CORMAC MCCARTHY

Cities of the Plain


Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

AESCHYLUS

The Oresteia


There's a destiny that shapes our ends, but most women put more faith in a girdle.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him.

JAN PATOCKA

attributed, In Pursuit of Destiny


An unjust destiny is at variance with the will of the Almighty; a just destiny is merely the expression of his will: in no case is there room for destiny outside and above the deity. There is therefore no destiny apart from the will of God. By obedience to that will man may escape from evil, by opposing it he may bring evil on himself and his descendants.

EVELYN ABBOT

Hellenica


There can be no exit from manifest destiny.

MICK FARREN

Darklost