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Quotes About Destiny

[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.
~ George Washington
What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
When we work from the Soul consciousness, we can shape our own destiny.
~ Harold Klemp
That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come.
~ Homer
The man whom fate employs to awaken love in the heart of a young girl is often unaware of his work and therefore leaves it uncompleted.
~ Honore de Balzac
There is no fate... no predestination... no luck. Don't use that as an excuse to not live the life you want. Work for it. You make your future - no one else.
~ Ingrid Weir
It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.
~ J. G. Holland
For years and years I have done the work I was born for.
~ James Larkin
Every person born into this world their work is born with them.
~ James Russell Lowell
Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course.
~ Jodi Picoult
There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.
~ P. T. Barnum
He saved me from being somebody else. I could have been prime minister, I could have been a prostitute on the streets, but I am what I am and Bob has a lot to do with that.
~ Rita Marley
I had a calling inside of me. I had a sense that when I was going through experiences like living on the streets, losing my parents to AIDS, just having my whole world turned upside-down, there was this feeling inside of me like I was meant for something greater.
~ Liz Murray
I wish I could say that Carla Bruni's Guess campaign at age 16 led to her current role as First Lady of France, but that might be a stretch.
~ Paul Marciano
Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
~ P. N. Elrod
The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.
~ Edward Fitzgerald
If a planet is setting in the West at the time of our birth, its angle strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a certain type of marriage partner, and the planets under the earth, in the North, have an effect upon our condition in the latter part of life.
~ Max Heindel
I believe that every single person was brought into this world for a purpose and that we should never leave the world as we found it, we should always strive to make a positive change.
~ Zozibini Tunzi
God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.
~ Manini Mishra
I think 'destined for greatness,' for me, is digging deep inside and knowing that I will always strive to be the best person I can possibly be and effect change in a positive way.
~ Nina Tassler
After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that I would be able to make a living off of acting. This, combined with my life experiences prior - like stars aligning - led me to this lovely role of Katana within the DC Comics universe.
~ Karen Fukuhara
I am a strong believer of karma.
~ Zareen Khan
Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
~ Orison Swett Marden
India continues to be guided by the principles of being non-interfering, non-prescriptive, and non-judgemental. In other words, India remains ready to provide any support but strongly believes that it is for the Arab countries to decide their destiny without any external interference or diktats from outside.
~ Sushma Swaraj