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Quotes About Destiny

If there have been mute inglorious Miltons in rural villages, presumably there have been unrealized Washingtons born in unpropitious times.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
It might be the destiny of the Jewish race," he said, "to be the bridge between Asia and Europe, to bring the spirituality of Asia to Europe and the vitality of Europe to Asia." At
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
the struggle that will decide the course of history for the next hundred years.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Fate represents the fulfillment of man's expectations of himself.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Fate as a character in legend represents the fulfillment of man's expectations of himself.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
He believed interim reforms were necessary in order to fix the worker for his destiny.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
We walk the paths we choose.
~ Barbara Wood
Liberty is potential. To create a free being is to place before it the problem of its destiny.
~ baring gould sabine ii
If we are creatures of God, we are morally bound to accomplish our destiny, and we have a right to do so freely, and to resist to the uttermost, as immoral, every assault made upon it. Admit duty as the basis of right, and every difficulty vanishes. Seek a rational basis of right, and you are precipitated into despotism or inconsequence.
~ baring gould sabine viii
But they who drink the Muse's breath Pay for the draught with many tears-- Their destiny until their death To seek her shadow down the years.
~ barker elsa ii
If you desire something of real value -- tell no one. You will find it maybe when the eyes of Destiny are turned the other way.
~ barker elsa v
You're next.
~ Barry Lyga
Luck, though, as Billy had said it so many times, was like lightning--it struck sinners and saints in equal measure, and it did to on its time-table, not yours.
~ Barry Lyga
Fate comes in and sweeps us all like a big broom, you hear? And the dust goes flyin' and it lands where it lands, and we get no say in the matter.
~ Barry Lyga
I was born for better things.
~ Barry Unsworth
You don't reach Serendib by plotting a course for it. You have to set out in good faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings ... serendipitously.
~ barth john ii
Who thinks, at night, that morn will ever be? Who knows, far out upon the central sea, That anywhere is land? And yet, a shore Has set behind us, and will rise before: A past foretells a future...
~ Bayard Taylor
We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.
~ Billy Childish
I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
~ Novalis
There's a God of football, who makes you reap all that you've sown.
~ Gennaro Gattuso
My motto in life has always been 'Everything happens for a reason.' No matter what, good or bad, there is a reason for it all.
~ Kim Zolciak-Biermann
Everything is happening for a reason, it's preparing you for bigger things.
~ The Undertaker
All gigs are good gigs. There's never a bad one. Everything have a reason behind it; you just got to find that reason.
~ Future
We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life.
~ Tommy Lasorda