Quotes About Destiny

A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.

IF I'D GOTTEN THE JOB I WANTED at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. I've often wondered at how lives are shaped by what seem like small and inconsequential events, how an apparently random turn in the road can lead you a long way from where you intended to go—and a long way from wherever you expected to go.

Among the things he passed on to me were the belief that all men and women, regardless of their color or religion, are created equal and that individuals determine their own destiny; that is, it's largely their own ambition and hard work that determine their fate in life.

Os homens costumam chamar destino àquilo que lhes acontece quando perdem as forças para lutar.

Ah, esas otras infinitas vidas posibles que se abrían como la cola de un pavo real en torno a nuestra existencia, todas esas modificaciones de nuestro destino que podrían haber tenido lugar con tan sólo variar un pequeño detalle.

Ao ler o livro, podes ter a fraqueza de pensar que aquilo que lês acontecerá de modo irremediável, e com isso, sem te dares conta, tu o estás transformando em realidade. Mas a verdade é que, afora a morte, não existe nada irremediável, exceto a própria covardia. Os homens costumam chamar de destino aquilo que lhes acontece quando perdem as forças para lutar.

la vida siempre acaba mal? Según una tradición gitana, si acudes a un festejo social, a una boda, a un bautizo, no debes desear felicidades, como es habitual, sino «malos principios». Porque, con sabiduría milenaria forjada por unas condiciones de vida difíciles, conocen que la desgracia es inevitable en la existencia; y entonces prefieren desear que la cuota de dolor venga primero, para que así el final sea venturoso.

mundo cambia constantemente y no está regido por la necesidad, sino por el azar. Por el más insufrible, estúpido e inadmisible azar.

Por azar. Por puro y ciego azar, como sucede todo en este mundo.

Porque cada cual es dueño de su destino... o al menos debe actuar como si lo fuera.

el mundo no se rige por la necesidad, sino por el azar.

Que el mundo no se rige por la necesidad, sino por el azar. Es ésta una sabiduría muy dolorosa, desde luego, porque supone admitir el sinsentido de la existencia. Bajo este punto de vista, todo, desde el sufrimiento hasta la heroicidad, no es más que un ciego capricho del universo, una broma colosal de la materia.

Eu son libre, nada pode conter a marcha dos meus pensamentos, e eles son a lei que rexe o meu destino

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I am going is what inspires me to travel it.

On the contrary, she was aware only of a sort of timelessness, as though it was all part of a plan, a predestined design, conceived the day she was born. What was happening to her had been meant to happen, what was going to go on happening. Without any recognizable beginning, it did not seem possible that it could ever have an end.

He thought back over the extraordinarily coincidental chain of events that had brought him here, at this particular time, and then left him marooned, so that he had no choice but to stay. With hindsight, it seemed as though it had all been carefully mapped out by fate.

Which was strange, like watching a tangle of loose threads unravel and plait themselves into a single braided cord, stretching ahead into the future.

Porque desde el principio me estabas destinado. Antes de las edades del trigo y de la alondra y aún antes de los peces. Cuando Dios no tenía más que horizontes de ilimitado azul y el universo era una voluntad no pronunciada. Cuando todo yacía en el regazo divino, entremezclado y confundido, yacíamos tú y yo totales, juntos.

She was trouble looking for somebody to happen to.

Bradley l'avait rencontrée et épousée en l'espace de quelques heures. A présent, elle dormait, dans sa maison. Tout cela n'était-il pas bizarre ?

Christians will be found in the neighbourhood of Jesus – but Jesus is found in the neighbourhood of human confusion and suffering, defencelessly alongside those in need. If being baptized is being led to where Jesus is, then being baptized is being led towards the chaos and the neediness of a humanity that has forgotten its own destiny.

Awareness of the settler-colonialist context of US history writing is essential if one is to avoid the laziness of the default position and the trap of a mythological unconscious belief in manifest destiny. The