Destiny Quotes

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.

Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we're all in it together. It'll work when there's a shared sense of destiny. It can be done!

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Your destiny is in your hands. Creating the life you want is only, and always, up to you.

When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It's tough, difficult, not easy. But a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny.

Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will.

How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?

For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.

Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible 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.

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.