quotations about destiny
Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen.
T. S. ELIOT
Murder in the Cathedral
Motive is causative, work is operative, destiny is resultant.
THOMAS ROBERT SLICER
Meditations
The paradoxical nature of any revolt against destiny becomes clear when a person asks what his life would have been like if someone other than his actual father had begotten him; he forgets, of course, that in that case he would not have been "himself," that the person undergoing this different destiny would have been someone else entirely so that it would no longer be possible to speak of "his" destiny. The question of the possibility of a different destiny is therefore untenable in itself, self-contradictory and meaningless.
VIKTOR EMIL FRANKL
The Doctor and the Soul
Certain mystical philosophers have personified Destiny, and from this point of view each man's personal destiny is his archetype or "other self"--his "angel"--with whom he must be reunited if he is to rise above his fragmentary identity as a worldling and become whole, as he is (and always has been) in the mind of God.
GAI EATON
Islam and the Destiny of Man
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
attributed, In Pursuit of Destiny
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
AGNES DE MILLE
Dance to the Piper
I am the captain of my destiny,
I do not abandon the ship in hard times,
But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
JOSEPH JULIUS BONKOWSKI
Quote Me
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
I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.
ROGER ZELAZNY
Isle of the Dead
Many people don't think much about their destiny, and may even be intimidated by the term, mistakenly believing that something as grand as "destiny" is reserved for historical figures, spiritual leaders, and famous people. I firmly believe that every one of us has a destiny, and to discover what it is, we have to connect with what makes us feel the most vibrant and joyful.
PEGGY MCCOLL
Your Destiny Switch
No one can live for me
No one can see the things I see
I walk this road
No one can tell me how to be
It's my destiny
LENNY KRAVITZ
"Destiny", Baptism/Lenny
Who recollects distinctly his past adventures, knows his destiny to come.
JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER
Aphorisms on Man
Every day brings forth a new destiny.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Destiny is ... the range of formal or structured human possibility within which human freedom is actual.
DONALD J. KEEFE
Thomism and the Ontological Theology of Paul Tillich
Fulfilling your purpose and stepping into your destiny is inextricably tied to knowing who created you and why you exist. One can never truly know who they are without knowing who created them and why. The creator is always a part of his creation. The manufacturer is always a part of his product.
CHRISTOPHER JOY
Rise Up and Step Into Your Destiny
Often the steps we take to avoid destiny lead us to it.
JONATHAN AIBEL & GLENN BERGER
Kung Fu Panda
Destiny is the course of events which is followed by those who are content to go with the tide.
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
The Book of Destiny
Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
MARCUS AURELIUS
Meditations
Destiny isn't a matter of chance, but of choice, and what you choose to accept will eventually become yours.
KATIA WINTER
"The Sin Eater", Sleepy Hollow
Youth is often a scoffer at destiny.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims