Quotes About Destiny

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.

Luck never made a man wise.

On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.

Wisdom comes to no one by chance.

Unless we learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. This is no longer merely an academic exercise, but may contain our worlds fate and our destiny.

In the long run what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.

Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time.

Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.

For heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed, That man of man should ever stand in need.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it.

Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.

Stand up , be bold , be strong ! Know that you are the creator of your own destiny . All the strength and succour you want is within yourself.

Where is fate, and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind.

How is it that one is born of good parents, receives a good education and becomes a good man, while another comes from besotted parents and ends on the gallows? How do you explain this inequality without implicating God?

As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee." The

As the different streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's Spirit. The Lord never hides His will from us. In time, as you obey the call first to follow, your destiny will unfold before you. The difficulty will lie in keeping other concerns from diverting your attention.

When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.

We don't get a choice about what hand we are dealt in this life.

Angel, a crowd of millions couldn't hide you from me. I found you once. I'll always find you.

Day One of my life was the day I met you.