quotations about destiny
Sliding down Destiny's rainbow,
Leaving all my worries behind.
Sliding down Destiny's rainbow,
Fate will find me safe in the skies above.
SHEAVY
"Destiny's Rainbow", The Electric Sleep
Destiny is a realm of opportunity.
KYONNE M. GIBSON
Expressions of the Heart
Know that it's your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
ANTHONY ROBBINS
Awaken the Giant Within
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.
ALEISTER CROWLEY
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
What are the thoughts of the canvas on which a masterpiece is being painted? "I am being soiled, brutally treated and concealed from view." Thus men grumble at their destiny, however fair.
JEAN COCTEAU
A Call to Order
Like destiny's children
Souls lost at sea
No room on the lifeboat
You can hold on to me
JOHN DENVER
"Hold on to Me", Different Directions
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
SIMONE DE BOUVOIR
The Coming of Age
Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEIDRICH HEGEL
Theologische Jugenschriften
Destiny guides us towards a specific goal, but without our wilful participation we will not achieve our destiny.
LEE BLADON
The Science of Spirituality
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
JAMES ALLEN
Como Un Hombre Piensa Asi Es Su Vida
Destiny will show when it's time.
ERIC HARVEY
Freedom of Speech Writing Out Loud
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
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"
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
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
The glass of your life is darkened, and darkly through it you see distorted and ghastly fragments of duty and destiny.
GEORGE ARNOLD
"Recrimination"
Long tarries destiny,
But comes to those who pray.
AESCHYLUS
The Libation Pourers
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"
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
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