quotations about destiny
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
A girl with a good figure can often shape her own destiny.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
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
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
To be always on the move, learning, discovering, unfolding, is your eternal destiny. Living is life's only purpose... To live without self-concern.
NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
I Am That
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
ANTHONY ROBBINS
Notes from a Friend: A Quick and Simple Guide to Taking Control of Your Life
Destiny can never be cast away by you because it is you.
SORIN CERIN
Wisdom Collection
Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
NEIL ARMSTRONG
attributed, Rocket Men
But deep in my heart, the answer it was in me
And I made up my mind to define my own destiny
LAURYN HILL
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"
Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEIDRICH HEGEL
Theologische Jugenschriften
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 is ... only God's whisper.
SORIN CERIN
Wisdom Collection
The soul of man createth its own destiny.
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS
"Extract"
It is man's destiny to ponder on the riddle of existence.
C. F. KETTERING
Prophet of Progress
Destiny guides us towards a specific goal, but without our wilful participation we will not achieve our destiny.
LEE BLADON
The Science of Spirituality
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
Not without a shudder may the human hand grasp the mysterious urn of destiny.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER
The Death of Wallenstein
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
JAMES ALLEN
Como Un Hombre Piensa Asi Es Su Vida
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
Destiny is selfhood. To live your destiny is to be raised above accidental circumstances to the level of your essential being. This is not merely because destiny precludes accidents and thus provides a propitious life-environment. The relationship between destiny and self is more intimate than that. Destiny defines the self: you ARE your destiny. To speak of destiny as though it is merely something that happens to you is to assume that a person is in essence always the same, changeless at the core amid the ceaseless changes of life and history. But the truth is that what happens to you--including in this category the ideas and impulses that arise within you in response to outward events--defines your identity. The only way you could be fully identified would be by a story--of the kind God alone could tell--of the unfolding of your life in all its depths and complexities. Thus living your destiny is carrying on your life as the one you really are.
GLENN E. TINDER
The Fabric of Hope