Quotes About Destiny

Like fanning through a deck of cards, my mind flashes on the thousand chances, trivial to profound, that converged to re-create this place. Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. Where did the expression "a place in the sun" first come from? My rational thought process cling always to the idea of free will, random event; my blood, however, streams easily along a current of fate.

El azar ordena al mundo más a fondo de lo que suponemos.

Qué no voy a hacer con mi vida?

Porque la suerte no depende de ti, sino del azar.

Querido Alguien: No sé cómo te llamas ni dónde paseas tu tristeza, pero sé que algún día me encontrarás. Nos miraremos a los ojos y los dos sabremos que hemos llegado. Entonces comprenderás que yo soy tu puerto, tras una larga travesía por mares que habrías preferido no conocer, y yo lloraré de felicidad por haber dado contigo al fin.

On the edge of destiny, you must test your strength.

Only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him—not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palms of our hands—for our confidence in the future.

The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is crucial; every generation is strategic. But we cannot be held responsible for the past generation and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one. However we do have our generation! God will hold us responsible at the judgment seat of Christ for how well we fulfilled our responsibilities and took advantage of our opportunities.

Death for [a Christian] is no accident. With God there are no accidents, no tragedies, and no catastrophes as far as His children are concerned.

Man's nature and destiny are revealed in the Scriptures.

In taking our human nature upon Himself, [Jesus] showed us what we might become, what God intended us to be.

GOD'S PLANS ARE BEST As for God, His way is perfect. PSALM 18:30

Have we just been placed here by some unknown creator or force without any clue as to where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going? The answer is "no." We do have a code. We do have a key . . . the Bible.

Jesus taught that there is an eternal destiny for each individual—either heaven or hell (John 5:25–29). The eternal destiny of each individual depends on a decision made in this life (Luke 16:19–31)—to be followed by a life of obedience.

One of life's mysteries is why two children growing up in the same home sometimes take radically different paths—one following Christ, the other rebellious and scornful. Yet it happens.

There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.

There are] seven gifts God gives you when you commit your life to Christ: a new relationship, a new citizenship, a new family, a new purpose, a new power, a new destiny, and a new journey.

God has already set the date [for judgment]. You may make and break appointments in this life, but this is one appointment you are going to keep.

BORN TO CRAWL, REBORN TO FLY

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war, racism, poverty, sickness, or suffering?

The one who made the Ford knew how to make it run. God made you and me, and He alone knows how to run your life and mine. We could make a complete wreck of our lives without Christ.

God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into.

End your journey well. Don't waste your life, and don't be satisfied with anything less than God's plan.

Here is the judgment toward which every person outside [of] Christ is headed. The date has already been set by God. All men of all races and nationalities, both past and present, will be there. You may make and break appointments in this life—but this is one appointment you will keep.