quotations about destiny
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
WOODROW WILSON
speech, Apr. 6, 1912
An individual's destiny belongs to him in much the same way as the ground, which fetters him by its gravity, but without which walking would be impossible. We must accept our destiny as we accept the ground on which we stand--a ground which is the springboard for our freedom.
VIKTOR EMIL FRANKL
The Doctor and the Soul
Each person discovers a field of allurements, the totality of which bears the unique stamp of that person's personality. Destiny unfolds in the pursuit of individual fascinations and interests ... By pursuing your allurements, you help bind the universe together. The unity of the world rests on the pursuit of passion.
BRIAN SWIMME
The Universe is a Green Dragon
Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth. Their hard lot becomes his, and his, in turn, becomes the lot of all who shall come after him. Drawn on inexorably by time, it is not given him to see the next rung on which his faltering foot shall fall. Bounded in knowledge, it is not given him to foretell what each succeeding hour, what each succeeding minute, shall have in store for him. In blind nescience, in an agony of foreboding, in a whirl of hopes and fears, he completes the cycle of an iron destiny.
LEONID ANDREYEV
The Life of Man
Stand up, be bold. Take the whole responsibility on your shoulder and know that you are the creator of your destiny. All the strength you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.
VIVEKANANDA
attributed, Pocket Book of Quips & Quotes
Destiny is nothing but the specific way by which each individual reaches her death.
ALISON K. THOMPSON
Genetic Information
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.
FRENCH PROVERB
Destiny is a wonderful little outline on how everything will work out, but free will can rewrite the outline as things come to pass. It's like the highway system, the road is already laid out for you, but there are numerous interchanges, off-ramps, and forks you can take; the road is set, the final destination isn't.
CRIS ALLAN PACE
Destiny's Knights
Many people believe that destiny is a specific outcome or place of achievement when it is very much about your total processing. In other words, destiny is not just about your "get there" but it is also about your "go through".
HOWARD L. BASS
Your Best Is Yet to Come!
If you believe that humanity has a higher destiny, if you believe we can evolve, and become better than we are; if you believe we can overcome the scourge of war and someday fulfill the dream of harmony and peace earth, let us begin the conversation today. Let us exchange our ideas.
DENNIS KUCINICH
speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Mar. 21, 2002
Destiny leads the willing, but drags the unwilling.
AMERICAN PROVERB
Each of us is a citizen of a common planet, bound to a common destiny. So connected are we, that each of us has the power to be the eyes of the world, the voice of the world, the conscience of the world, or the end of the world. And as each one of us chooses, so becomes the world.
DENNIS KUCINICH
speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Mar. 21, 2002
Destiny is knowing when you are tried by the fire, that you come forth unscathed like the Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace.
KRISTI LUV WILSON
Driving Destiny
Freedom without destiny is mere contingency, and destiny without freedom is mere necessity.
PAUL TILLICH
Systemic Theology
I take corresponding actions to speak out of my mouth as destiny is being created within me. It starts from within and manifests without.
MARLENE BABB
Declarations and Decrees of a Warrior
Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself as given, formed by nature, history, and myself. My destiny is the basis of my freedom; my freedom participates in shaping my destiny.
PAUL TILLICH
Systemic Theology
Destiny is not preordained. Destiny is ordained totally by you. Every single moment of your NOW existence is the result of your previous thought. The idea that everything is already laid out for you in advance is a hallucination. You can and do manifest your own destiny.
WAYNE W. DYER
Manifest Your Destiny
There is so much in you, so much more
Than anyone will ever know
A life unblossomed
Frozen, stranded in the snow
IS THIS YOUR DESTINY?
THE NERVE AGENTS
"Unblossomed"