Quotes About Destiny

Time is the water in which we live, and we breathe it like fish. ... Time pours into us and then pours out again. In between the two pourings we live our destiny.

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Your behavior determines, to some extent, the destiny of your nation and your group.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.

Do not suppose, first of all, that Mao Tse-tung could be the "saviour" of China. Nonsense. There will never be one "saviour" of China. Yet undeniably you feel a certain force of destiny in him.

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

Sometimes you have to open yourself to the random possibilities of, I guess, destiny.

The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.

How you earn your money and build your career is how you earn your destiny and build your legacy

Our destiny is to become what we think, to have our thoughts become our bodies and our bodies become our thoughts.

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.

You shouldn't be a big shot about your fate. I'm an enemy of Destiny, I'm not a Greek, I'm a Berliner.

Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.

Destiny and history are untidy.

Choice, not chance, determines destiny.

Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.